Bester Betters Red Wings

 

On Wednesday night, the Winnipeg Jets flew into Michigan to take on the Detroit Red Wings, trying to put some distance from a recent 1-3-0 stretch and the team played a complete game to make that happen. 

 

The Jets' offense came out firing 33 shots through the first two periods that helped them out to a 2-0 lead in a game that appeared Detroit goalie Mike Moffat was the only Red Wing who came to play. 

 

The third period had the Jets let off the gas as they were outshot 7-4. However, Allan Bester turned away each puck as he stopped all 22 shots for his third shutout of the season to put him one shy of a career high.

 

The victory had Bester stretch out his league leading record to 36-6-2 for the season. He currently sits first in victories and second in goals against average, just 0.01 from the leader, Don Beaupre. 

 

Depth defenseman Jamie Huscroft hit double digits in goals for the first time in his career as he collected a pair to reach ten on the season.  Coming into the season, the veteran defenseman had scored just 12 goals in his 212 games and now currently has ten through 61 games this year.

 

The two clubs will now take the short flight to Winnipeg to finish off the home and home series on Thursday night with the Jets currently leading the season series 2-0-0 with a pair of games left to go.