Lowry and Pionk get their firsts
Jets captain Adam Lowry and defenceman Neal Pionk got here into Tuesday’s contest nonetheless looking for their first targets of the season.
Lowry opened the scoring within the first interval when Nino Niederreiter fed him a pleasant go into the slot, and he buried it previous the blocker of Elvis Merzlikins.
Pionk discovered the again of the web on the facility play to make it 3-1 within the second interval. Gustav Nyquist set him up for a one-timer, and he blasted an 85.4 MPH shot previous Merzlikins.
Scheifele performs most video games in franchise historical past
Mark Scheifele performed within the 898th recreation of his NHL profession Tuesday, pushing him previous former captain Blake Wheeler and into first place on the franchise’s all-time games-played record.
The Jets’ star centre completed the night time with three assists, giving him 27 factors by way of 19 video games this season.
Comrie comes up large
Comrie didn’t face a lot rubber, however he got here up massive when wanted, together with a lights-out save on Kent Johnson within the third interval.
