{"id":49644,"date":"2017-10-30T06:28:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T06:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49644"},"modified":"2017-10-30T06:28:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T06:28:16","slug":"wheeler-scores-3-jets-5-goals-1st-rout-pens-7-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/wheeler-scores-3-jets-5-goals-1st-rout-pens-7-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Wheeler scores 3 of Jets’ 5 goals in 1st to rout Pens 7-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wheeler scores 3 of Jets’ 5 goals in 1st to rout Pens 7-1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Wheeler scores 3 of Jets’ 5 goals in 1st to rout Pens 7-1:- Blake Wheeler scored three of Winnipeg’s five goals in the first period and the Jets routed the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-1 on Sunday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brendan Lemieux scored his first career goal for Winnipeg on a slap shot from the point at 12:20 of the third. The son of Claude Lemieux made his NHL debut Oct. 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Copp, Joel Armia and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who chased Matt Murray early. Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winnipeg (5-3-2) scored three times in a span of 34 seconds late in the first to break it open against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Penguins (7-5-1), playing back-to-back road games after losing 2-1 in Minnesota on Saturday, were on their heels from the start and didn’t score until Evgeni Malkin’s fifth of the season late in the second period.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has been outscored 21-10 in the opening 20 minutes this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jets have played their best hockey this season in the opening period, outscoring their opponents 16-8.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copp opened the scoring with his first of the season on a short pass in the slot from linemate Sean Matthias at 1:20.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jets remained on the attack but Murray stymied them until 13:58, when Scheifele fed Wheeler at the side of the net for his second goal of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added another at 17:44 and Murray barely had time to take his stance again before Armia made it 4-0 at 18:07. Murray was pulled and lost in regulation for the second time this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hats rained down 11 seconds after that when Wheeler made it 5-0 at 18:18 with a goal against Murray’s replacement, Casey DeSmith.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jets lost 2-1 in overtime Thursday at Pittsburgh, one of two overtime losses for them this week following a win at Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winnipeg returned to Hellebuyck’s hot hand in goal. He has all five Jets wins this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pittsburgh tried to regroup in the second period and outshot the Jets 15-4, thanks partly to a string of minor penalties on Winnipeg. But the Penguins not get one past Hellebuyck until Malkin scored his power-play goal at 17:02.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheifele scored in the third when he one-timed a pass from Wheeler during a 4-on-3 power play at 10:28 to make it 6-1. Lemieux’s goal about two minutes later completed the scoring.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/span><\/p>\n

Penguins: At the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jets: At the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/2017\/10\/29\/wheeler-scores-3-of-jets-5-goals-in-1st-to-rout-pens-7-1\/107157294\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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