Jets earn a point in shootout loss to Bruins

Torey Krug scored the Boston goal in regulation, while Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak beat Hellebuyck in the shootout. Bryan Little had the Jets' marker in the skills competition.
"I like making the stops, I don't really like watching them at the other end," said Hellebuyck. "We always feel good about a point… I take shootouts personally, and I don't like losing them. We got a point, but we want more."
The first goal of the game came 8:16 into the third. Krug kept a Jets clearing attempt in the zone, and his wrist shot found its way through traffic, beating Hellebuyck on the glove side.

"We were talking about which team was going to crack first, and which team was going to make that first mistake," said Trouba, who led all skaters in ice time at 27:30.
"They were quick, especially on the forecheck. They were in passing lanes. I thought we knocked down a lot of pucks too. It was a tight game and it came down to a couple bounces, and a couple chances.
"I don't think there's anything to be disappointed in with how we played."
Just 57 seconds later, and shortly after Maurice reunited the trio of Nikolaj Ehlers, Bryan Little, and Laine, the Jets tied the game.
Little got in on the forecheck below the Bruins goal line, and when the puck got forced in front to Ehlers, the Dane wasted no time sliding a pass cross-ice to Laine, who beat a diving Tuukka Rask for his third goal in the last three games.
"We found a way to bounce back, but overall it was a good game," said Laine. "It was a good game from us. I think we played really good hockey. But when it goes to a shootout it's a whole different game.
"(Rask) was playing well. We had some good chances to score before my goal. He was good tonight. It was hard to get the puck past him."

But that was the only shot that would beat Rask on this night, but that didn't mean the Jets didn't have chances.
Rask turned away second chance opportunities from Ehlers, Josh Morrissey, and Mathieu Perreault, and like Hellebuyck, made a number of key saves in overtime.
Some of Hellebuyck's best work came early in the third, he stopped Patrice Bergeron on a two-on-one in the opening minute with a sprawling left pad save.
Just a few minutes later, the left pad came up big again, as Hellebuyck turned away a one-timer from Brad Marchand to keep it scoreless.
"Both teams were playing good and playing a hard, grinding game," said Hellebuyck. "Sometimes you run into those games, and I'm glad we kept to it and kept playing the entire time."

Both teams finished the night 0-for-3 on the power play, marking just the third time in the last 11 games that the Jets didn't score on the man advantage.
But now two games into the trip, and with three of a possible four points in their pocket, the Jets focus now turns to the New York Islanders, who they face in the final game before the three-day holiday break.
"We're confident with how we're playing. Ever since that Chicago game I think we've liked our game for the most part," said Trouba. "Be comfortable in the tight games, in the grind, and that's when we're at our best."