National Hockey League Jets vs. Coyotes Picks & Predictions for November 21

Not known for his scoring touch, Thorburn showed a few hustle, some muscle and a bit of razzle dazzle on the victor, just his third goal of the season.

Thorburn was only on the penalty kill because Andrew Ladd was in the box.

The Jets tied it at 12:48 of the second period when Dustin Byfuglien made a brilliant play. “I’m proud of our team on how we battled”.

“That’s an area we’ve got to correct”, Arizona coach Dave Tippett told reporters after the Coyotes snapped a two-game losing streak Thursday, holding Montreal to 0-of-5 on the power play in a 3-2 victory. He chased down Coyotes defenseman Michael Stone, a Winnipeg native, deep into the visitors’ end, stripped the puck away, stepped in front of the net, faked a couple of moves and then flipped a backhand past Arizona goalie Anders Lindback. Arizona torched Winnipeg with two power play goals in the opening period to lead 2-1 through twenty minutes. Ondrej Pavelec has allowed 36 goals on 383 shots faced and Michael Hutchinson has given up 20 goals on 229 shots.

“I’m thinking of taking up cigar smoking”, Maurice said when asked how he might overcome the stress induced by his club’s discipline issues.

Hellebuyck has played in 10 games this season with the Moose, carrying a 2-7-1 record and a 2.41 goals against average. The Jets improved to 5-1-0 when scoring first this season. Bryan Little leads Winnipeg with nine goals, Blake Wheeler has 13 assists and Mark Scheifele has 54 shots on goal. Doan joined Jaromir Jagr as the only players in National Hockey League history to score goals at both the Winnipeg Arena and MTS Centre. Doan was a rookie with the Jets for their final season in Winnipeg before they relocated to Arizona in 1996-97. Copp got the puck right back to Byfuglien on the give-and-go and Big Buff made no mistake, firing a high wrist shot over Lindback’s stick.

The Jets complete their three-game home stand on Monday against the Colorado Avalanche before heading out on a three-game road trip through Washington, Minnesota, and Colorado to finish the month of November. Arizona returns home for three games against Anaheim, Calgary and Ottawa.