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Skinner nearly posts shutout in Jets pre-season debut
Skinner made 31 saves while playing the whole game for the Jets, as fans serendaded him with “Stuuuu” chants throughout the game.
“Honestly, just the love from the fans, especially at the beginning there before the anthem, that felt fantastic. The ‘Stu’ chants around a couple saves, those always feel really good,” Skinner said after the game, according to NHL.com. “You can tell how much the fans love it here, how much they love their hockey, how much they love their players.”
Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Perfetti and Dylan DeMelo scored for the Jets in the win. Georgii Merkulov broke Skinner’s shutout with a goal with just over five minutes to play in the third period.
With the win, the Jets improved to 1-1-0 in the pre-season with games against the Oilers on Tuesday and against the Avalanche on Friday to come.
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