My teaser:
In a night where special teams took over, the Jets beat Calgary by outscoring them where it mattered — even if 5v5 hockey "barely happened."
But yes, here's my analytical recap of the game, but also for paid subscribers I have microstats for both of the last two games available.
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Wouldn’t this be Game 8? We seem to have missed the Seattle game somewhere in the mix.
Right now, the Jets appear to be a bad 5v5 team and a very good special teams team. Which, you know, you can certainly win games that way, Jets being a case in point. But it’s not a recipe for long-term success, which is concerning. The Jets have had a *very* soft schedule to start the season, and while they’re beating the teams they *should* beat, they’ve struggled against actual contenders. No disciplined team is going to give up 9 penalties in a single game.
I suspect, though, that we’ll see the Jets 5v5 play bounce back quite a bit once Lowry and Samberg return, both being excellent posession players. Assuming this returns the Jets 5v5 play to ‘average’, can an average 5v5 but excellent PP/PK team have long-term success? Can they win it big?