Twitter reaction: Jets fans go full #WhiteOut after Game 7

The Jets are moving on to face the Golden Knights in the Western Conference Final, leaving the Predators in Nashville- but not before some a quality handshake line.

The Winnipeg Jets are headed to the Western Conference final.

Prior to Thursday night, fans of both iterations of the Manitoba-based NHL team had never been able to utter that sentence. But the Jets embarrassed the Predators 5-1 in a Game 7 showdown at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville to earn a shot against the Vegas Golden Knights.

It’s not a Western Conference final many, if any, hockey fans would’ve predicted at the beginning of the season considering the Jets missed the playoffs in 2017 and one year ago the Golden Knights didn’t have a roster. But now that it’s here, we’re expecting a thriller.

The Jets finished behind the Preds in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy but outclassed them in the playoffs. Perhaps most impressive of all was their dominance on the road, thanks in large part to huge performances from a handful of top stars.

The series with Vegas begins on Saturday, which doesn’t give the team too much time to celebrate but there was plenty of social media celebration after the handshake line.

Thursday’s game might’ve taken place in Nashville, but the streets of Winnipeg were packed with Jets fans as they celebrated and shut down Portage and Main downtown just like they did when they eliminated the Wild in the opening round.

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