The Winnipeg Jets ended their two-game road trip with a 7-3 loss versus the Toronto Maple Leafs. Here are three talking points from the Jets’ loss.
The Winnipeg Jets made the trip to Toronto yesterday evening to take on the Maple Leafs in the Jets’ second game of a back-to-back.
The Jets started this short trip well by picking up the 2-1 shootout victory in Buffalo the night before and had a great opportunity in this game to pick up points in a highly contested playoff race for the Western Conference Wild Card playoff spots.
Ultimately the Jets let this opportunity go to the wayside. Winnipeg and Toronto were tied 3-3 just over four minutes into the second period and then the Maple Leafs scored four goals en route to a 7-3 victory.
Here are our three talking points from Winnipeg’s loss:
3. Winnipeg Jets Let Good Start Go to Waste
As Dan St. Joseph noted in his talking points article from the Jets’ Wednesday night 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, the Jets started slowly in that game and that is something that has hurt the Jets this season. He then noted that the Jets could ill-afford to have a slow start again versus Toronto.
Last night, the Jets started extremely well. Within four minutes of the opening puck drop, Blake Wheeler scored a highlight reel goal to give the Jets an early 1-0.
Then a couple of minutes later, Paul Stastny scored his eighteenth goal of the season to extend the Jets’ lead to two goals, but these goals seemed to be all that went right for the Jets in this one.
As we all know by the scoreline of this contest, Winnipeg let this great start go to waste and Toronto was able to equalize the scoreline in the opening stages of the second period.