“Unbreakable Defense: Can the Jets Overcome the Golden Knights’ Fortress Tonight?”

I wrote earlier today about how I was going to avoid putting a second baseball play out and put a play on a hockey game instead. I ended up writing the play anyway and posting it. I was planning to write about hockey and this game instead. The truth is that I bet on multiple things I don’t write about every day, but this one feels like one I can’t pass up. Let’s take a look at the game between the Jets and the Golden Knights.

The Jets have been one of the best teams in hockey all season long. They are currently sitting in first place within the Central division. They have 106 points for the season and are 51-20-4 for the year. They haven’t played quite as well on the road as they have at home, but they’ve been good enough. They are 23-14-0 for the season away from home. For the year they are scoring over a goal more per game on average than the goals against. It is interesting they are doing that because they are taking fewer than one more shot than opponents in the average game. It either means they are getting significantly better looks in each game, or they are just getting lucky. The Jets are playing pretty well overall and are just 3-2 for the season. The Jets are likely to put Connor Hellebuyck in the net tonight. He has been the best goalie in the league this year. He has 43 wins, a 2.03 goals against per game average, .924 save percentage, and seven shutouts this year. He did face Vegas once and they lost in overtime with him stopping 33 of 36 shots. 

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