The Winnipeg Jets drop their second straight game Friday when losing 4-3 to the Vegas Golden Knights on the road. Jets Netminder Eric Comrie did everything he could to help keep Winnipeg in the game but allowed four goals on 30 shots with most of the goals not being at his fault.
Golden Knights forwards Brett Howden and Ivan Barbashev had massive performances with two goals a piece. The Jets had a multi-goal scorer of their own with Cole Perfetti, who snapped his 11-game goal drought in a big way.
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The game started off very quick with both sides playing very tight defensively. The Golden Knights got an opportunity with a power play but they’ve struggled on the man advantage with just one power play goal in their last six games. This was far different than the 16 power play goals they scored over their first 17 games, giving them the second-best percentage in the league.
They couldn’t capitalize however and the Jets used the kill to their advantage. Just minutes later, Winnipeg charges up the ice with Nikolaj Ehlers getting a chance, cutting across the net but Adin Hill makes the save. The Jets have the puck in the Vegas end and work the puck to Josh Morrissey, who takes a shot on net that deflects off Perfetti cutting across and re-directs past Hill for the game’s first goal.
Winnipeg continued the pressure trying to add to their lead with top line forwards Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor generating some scoring chances on a power play caused by a Howden holding call but ultimately Winnipeg couldn’t get one past Hill.
In the last two minutes of the period, Morgan Barron gets caught not paying attention and attempts to make a drop pass to the defence but gives it away to an already fast-moving Howden, who was looking to make up for his penalty. He does so by blowing past Logan Stanley on the Jets blue line and walking in with a clean breakaway and cuts across the crease and beating Comrie for an easy goal, tying up the game at one a piece.
Vegas wastes no time adding onto their lead as Jack Eichel leads a rush into the Jets end with just seconds left in the period. He works a pass to the top of the slot for Pavel Dorofeyev, who takes a shot on net that Comrie saves but the rebound kicks out to a wide-open Barbashev, giving the Golden Knights their first lead of the game heading into the second.
The next 20 minutes, Winnipeg wanted to show they were tired of the sluggish plays and landed seven hits in the first five…