On Wednesday, the 6th pre-season match of the NHL team Winnipeg Jets was held, in which hockey players from Winnipeg unfortunately could not defeat the team of Minnesota.
This is the second defeat of the Jets in the pre-season games, now the score of their exhibition series is 4-2. It should be noted that in the match in the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota everything turned out for Winnipeg's team very well before the start of the third period.
The Jets led with a score of 3-2, but the Minnesota Wild were able to overtake the match and score a winning goal in about 5 minutes before the end of the game. The winning goal was scored by Minnesota player Jared Spurgeon.
In the Jets squad, this match was spent well by several players at once. Kristian Vesalainen scored his first goal in the NHL exhibition matches. Dustin Byfuglien, one of the best players during the pre-season matches, scored his third pre-season goal and made one assist. The third goal is on the account Nelson Nogier.
Goalie Laurent Brossoit held the third pre-season match and allowed 4 goals of 28 shots. By the way, the advantage on the shots in the match was on the side of Jets 30-28, which was not sufficient for the victory.
The next game of the Jets will be held on Thursday against the New Jersey Devils.