Jets Beat Isles 5-2 This Game Was Like the Last One

The Jets of Winnipeg are a good team. Although the Jets have suffered injuries, they have replaced those players with good ones. In this game, the Islanders outplayed the Jets for most of the game, but the score sheet doesn’t reflect that. In this game, Nino Niederreiter, a former Islander, played very well and hurt his former team. This is his 15th season, and the Islanders drafted him. Now the Islanders are 0-3, and their schedule doesn’t get any easier. When do you think the Islanders will win their first game?

Jets Beat Islanders 5-2 

The Jets continued the Islanders’ losing streak by winning this game. They are a good team, and the Islanders would have been lucky to get a point out of this game. With the Stanley Cup participants coming to town for the next game, on Thursday, things will not get easy for the Islanders, who could find themselves 0-4.

Here is the scoring summary of the Jets’ 5-2 win. In the first period, Winnipeg scored two goals, and Morgan Barron scored. Then Nino Niederreiter scored. Winnipeg led 2-0. The Niedererriter goal proved particularly costly, being a power-play score. In the second period, the teams traded four goals, but when all was said and done, it was still a 2 goal deficit. Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Islanders. The score was 2-1.

The game was competitive for 14 seconds. Logan Stanley doesn’t score often, but he managed to score in this game. Things soon got worse. Ten minutes and twenty seconds later, Tanner Pearson scored for the Jets. Nino Niederreiter assisted on that goal. Then Emil Heineman scored for the Islanders. That was a first look at the vaunted Heineman wrist shot. That goal made it 4-2. In the third Period, Mark Schieffle scored for Winnipeg. It was 5-2, which was the final score of the game.

Matthew Schaefer

The hits just kept on coming for the youngster. He got an assist in this game and has scored a point in 3 straight games to start his career. In his last game against the Capitals, he also led all players in time on ice. In both games, he logged some critical time on power plays and at the end of the game. He needs to play the entire season for the Islanders, not just nine games.

Ilya Sorokin

Ilya Sorokin again needs to play better than he did today. The simple fact is that the Islanders lack the talent of other teams. As such, he needs to cover up mistakes and be the best player on the ice for the Islanders.  In this game, he made 21 saves on 25 shots again. For the season, he has a poot 4.61 goals against average and an .860 save percentage. Both of those numbers are bad.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau

Scored a goal in this game for the Islanders. That was very good, as he is on an expiring contract. He is a trade chip. Scoring often will make Jean-Gabriel Pageau more attractive. That was his first goal of the season. He also did not score in the preseason, so it was good that he got on the score sheet against a good team. This was his 800th career game.

Game News and Notes

The Islanders got 33 shots on goal in this game. In the early going, they are second in the National Hockey League in shots. This is a good development, as the Islanders struggled with shooting the puck last year. A team needs to shoot to score. The Islanders’ next play is on Thursday night. It is the third of three home games. The Islanders host the Edmonton Oilers, who are playing well and were the Western Conference representatives in the Stanley Cup. 

A team needs to win games at home, so the rough patch here for the Islanders is a problem. These games carry the same weight as the games in March. Eric Comrie started this game for the Jets. He played well. That is important because the Winning starting goaltender, Connor Hellebuyck, the Vezina Trophy winner last year, wore down. Emil Heieman scored in this game for the Islanders. That was a good sign for a new player.

Conclusion

The Islanders lost this game against the Jets 5-2. The Islanders run the risk of starting 0-5. However, this is the third straight game with more than thirty shots on goal for the Islanders.  They host Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday afternoon.