Myers reflects on great move, big goal in Game 2

WINNIPEG - With more than two decades of NHL coaching under his belt, there isn't much that fazes the quick-witted Paul Maurice anymore.
But even he admits a move like the one Tyler Myers pulled off in the second period of Game 2 Friday made his heart skip a beat.
You know, before the joy kicked in.
"I'm pretty sure I can't drown," Maurice, in his usual thoughtful tone, said before cracking a smile during his post-game press conference.
"I can hold my breath for a long, long time."
With the puck at the right point, the 6-foot-8 Myers made a great fake on Wild forward Jason Zucker, toe-dragging it to the inside before galloping his way to the net and thrusting a shot off the far post to give his team the all-important 1-0 lead.

"I know a lot of the guys were a little nervous when I made the move, but luckily it worked out well," Myers, admitting the high-risk, high-reward nature of the play, said with a laugh.
"You look at the last 10, 15 games, I've tried that a lot. I was finally able to finish one."
And it couldn't have come at a better time. The Jets and Wild were tied 0-0 midway through the second period of Game 2, with the home side thoroughly controlling the play. Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk was proving to be the difference with 22 saves at that point, but Myers' magnificent goal changed the complexion of this heady contest entirely.
From that point on, it was all Winnipeg.
Asked whether or not he knew of a weak spot on Dubnyk - a fellow Kelowna resident with whom he trains in the off-season - Myers opined it wasn't quite that fancy.

"I was just shooting," he chuckled. "I shot on him a lot this past summer. He's a very good goalie and I was just lucky to put one by him."
The Jets outshot the Wild 21-5 and put another three pucks past Dubnyk in the final 31 minutes. After a bit of a feeling-out process in Game 1, a tepid, but equally under-control start to Game 2, the Jets raised to their game to a level the Wild simply could not match.
They've now outshot the Wild 84-37 in the series and are looking very bit like the team that was challenging for the Presidents' Trophy down to the 11th hour of the regular season.
"Throughout the entire season we've implemented a habit that it's normal for us to get to that level now," Myers said. "We're doing a really good job of trying to improve on that level. Our consistency has been really good. It's become a certain way we have to play to win as a group, and we've figured that out pretty well.
"We have to keep bringing that kind of effort."
Dating back to the beginning of March, the Jets have been the hottest team in the league, winning 11 straight games at Bell MTS Place, and 13 of their last 15 overall.
The challenge now is leaving the Whiteout and bringing that 'level' Myers and the rest of the team speak so highly of into another hostile environment south of the border for Games 3 and 4.
The Wild were only team had fewer regulation losses on home ice in the regular season, going 21-6-8 overall at Xcel Energy Center.
"We know it's a good crowd for them, too, and they've done well on home ice this year," Myers said.
"We're certainly going to have to be ready. This series is long from over and we're just taking it one game at a time."
- Ryan Dittrick, WinnipegJets.com