Watch: Jets take Game 1 against Avs by the thinnest of margins

Winnipeg Jets center Adam Lowry (17) celebrates his second period goal with defenseman Brenden Dillon (5) and center Mason Appleton (22) against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre. James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Jets take Game 1 against Avalanche by the thinnest of margins

By Adam Gretz | Last updated 4/21/24

The Winnipeg Jets took 1-0 series lead against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night thanks to a wild 7-6 win. The Jets took advantage of a mess of a performance by Avalanche goalie Alexandar Georgiev to secure the win send their fans into a 60-minute frenzy.

It was the Jets' fifth goal early in the third period that ended up being the difference.

It was, quite literally, a matter of inches.

Adam Lowry ended up getting credited with the goal, and it was impossible to tell during play — and from most of the replays — if the puck actually crossed the line as Lowry's shot ended up hitting the post three different times.

A GOAL YOU GOTTA SEE TWICE pic.twitter.com/uLHotNbFqC
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) April 22, 2024

You might be looking at that play and asking, where exactly did it completely cross the line? Well, you needed to see a freeze frame from inside the net to see where did. It was brief. It also could not have possibly been any closer.

Lowry’s goal pic pic.twitter.com/XSbpI52Qsw
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 22, 2024

For it to be a good goal the entire puck has to be completely across the line. If any small piece of that puck was touching even a centimeter of the red goal line, then it is not a goal.

As you can see there, there is just the thinnest white line between the puck and the goal line to make a good goal. That goal ended up being the difference in the game.

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