Monday, February 18, 2013

Bruins Ground Jets

For the fourth straight game, the Winnipeg Jets have lost at home.  This time at the hands of the Boston Bruins, 3-2.
It was the first time the Jets scored the opening goal in their last six games and it was the second such contest in which they outplayed their opponents and kept it close with an elite NHL squad, but still couldn't come up with the victory.  to The Jets went 0-2 on the powerplay, which puts them at 0-12 in their last twelve going back the last five games.

Evander Kane scored his ?? of the season, ending an eight-game scoreless drought.  A goal by Daniel Paille with 1.5 seconds left, 25 seconds after Kane's go ahead marker in the second period, pretty much broke the Jets back, even though they battled to the end.  In the words of Zach Bogosian, it was a "buzz-kill."

The Jets now find themselves at the bottom of the NHL standings with 11 points, tied with Washington and only slightly better than the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets.