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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-J.T. Compher scored twice to pace the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday night.

Detroit has won four of their last five contests.

Lukas Raymond had a goal and an assist.

Alex DeBrincat also scored for the Red Wings.

John Gibson made 25 saves for Detroit, who moved to 32-6-5.

Cole Koepke scored the lone goal for the Jets, who have lost four of their last five games after winning four in a row.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26 shots for Winnipeg, who dropped to 20-24-7.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Cole Koepke opened the scoring just over halfway into the second when he sprawled and knocked a loose disc past John Gibson to give the Jets a 1-0 lead at 10:08.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

J.T. Compher tied it 15:50 into the second when he lifted a backhand past Hellebuyck as he was falling to the ice during a goalmouth scramble.

Compher scored the go-ahead goal 1:43 into the third when he drove the net hard and re-directed a hard pass from Emmit Finnie at the edge of the crease past Hellebuyck to make it 2-1 Red Wings.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Lucas Raymond gave Detroit a two-goal cushion 8:11 into the third when he cut hard to the net, forcing Hellebuyck to make a save in tight before the puck deflected upward and arched into the Winnipeg goal.

The play was reviewed for a high stick by Marco Kasper but it was allowed to stand.

Alex DeBrincat added an empty netter with 1:49 remaining in regulation to seal the win for the Red Wings.

Marco Kasper added to the lead to make it 5-1, beating Hellebuyck with a wrister to make it 5-1 Detroit with 1:17 remaining.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Mark Scheifele scored twice and added an assist to pace the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-1 win over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Winnipeg rebounded with a win after suffering a 2-0 setback at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks a night earlier.

Josh Morrissey had a goal and two assists.

Kyle Connor had a pair of assists.

Eric Comrie made 22 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 20-23-6.

Joel Hofer turned aside 13 shots for St. Louis, who dropped to 19-23-8.

The Jets got on the board with a pair of power play markers off a double minor penalty.

With Nathan Walker off for high sticking Jets defenceman Isaak Phillips, Mark Scheifele flipped a puck back to Josh Morrissey that the Jet defenceman stepped into, beating Hofer glove side to give the Jets a 1-0 lead at 9:52.

Scheifele followed it up scoring at 11:25 when he took control of the puck along the side boards before moving in and flipping the disc past Hofer high short side to make it 2-0 Winnipeg.

Philip Broberg nearly scored for the Blues with 6:40 left in the opening stanza when he beat Comrie off a two-on-one and his shot appeared to be on it's way to crossing the goal line but a diving Nino Niederreiter managed to knock the disc away as it was about to cross the goal line.

Jordan Kyrou got the Blues on the board on the power play when he one timed a Justin Faulk feed past a screened Eric Comrie from the inside the left circle.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Scheifele added an empty netter with 2:23 remaining in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.

The goal was his 25th of the season.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each had a goal and an assist to pace as the Winnipeg Jets as they edged the visiting New York Islanders by a 5-4 Tuesday night.

The win was their third straight.

Josh Morrissey, Jonathan Toews and Dylan DeMelo had the other Jet goals.

Mark Schefiele had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for Winnipeg, Anthony Duclair, Emil Heineman, Kyle MacLean and Matthew Schaefer scored for the Islanders.

Ilya Sorokin turned aside 17 shots for New York, Kyle Connor got the Jets on the board 4:20 into the opening stanza when he lifted Matt Barzal's stick and fired the puck into a wide open cage following a deflection from Alex Iafallo.

Josh Morrissey scored 5:41 into the second when he fired a wrister past Sorokin off a rebound on a Cole Perfetti shot from close in.

The disc went right to a waiting Morrissey, who snapped a shot just inside the left post.

Jonathan Toews made it 3-0 on the power play at 6:23 when he cleaned up a rebound to score his 6th goal and third in his last three games.

Anthony Duclair got the Islanders on the board at 7:40 when Anders Lee hit him with a slick backhand feed from the right corner.

The Islander winger made no mistake, squeezing a hard wrister between Hellebuyck's catcher and the post.

Emil Heineman scored on an awarded penalty shot after Luke Schenn hooked him on a breakaway.

Kyle MacLean tied it 10:21 into the second when he fired a 40 foot wrister past a screened Hellebuyck. The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Dylan DeMelo gave the Jets a 4-3 lead at 12:23 when he shot the puck from the point past a screened Ilya Sorokin beating him just inside the left post.

Mark Scheifele hit a milestone with his 500th career assist with the goal.

Islanders Head Coach Patrick Roy challenged the goal, citing goaltender interference but the goal was allowed to stand.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Mark Scheifele appeared to have scored a late power play goal when Kyle Connor hit him on the side of the net but the goal was disallowed when it was ruled he knocked it in with his glove.

Adam Lowry scored with just under twenty seconds left in the second when he tipped a puck past Sorokin off a Neal Pionk shot from the right point to make it 5-3.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

Matthew Schaefer scored to pull the Islanders to within one at 19:45 with with an extra attacker.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Tanner Pearson's goal 8:17 into the third period was the game winner as the Winnipeg Jets edged the New Jersey Devils by a 4-3 score to win their second game in a row.

Alex Iafallo, Jonathan Toews and Gabriel Vilardi scored for Winnipeg.

Cole Perfetti and Josh Morrissey each had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves for the Jets, who moved to 17-22-5

Cody Glass scored twice and Nico Hischer had the other goal for the Devils.

Luke Hughes had a pair of assists.

Jake Allen turned aside 18 shots for New Jersey, who dropped to 22-21-2.

Alex Iafallo got Winnipeg on the board late in the first period when he followed up on his initial shot, snagged his own rebound and had his shot go in off of Devils defenceman Simon Nemec.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Nico Hischer replied 37 seconds later when he slid a cross-crease feed between Hellebuyck's pads from in close.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Cody Glass scored just over a minute into the second when he tapped a Luke Hughes feed past Hellebuyck to make it 2-1 Devils.

Jonathan Toews tied it up at 2:36 when he followed up on a Cole Perfetti breakaway and pounced on a loose puck in the crease.

Devils defenceman Simon Nemec attempted to clear it but the disc went in off of Toews.

The goal was his 5th of the season and second in his last two games.

Jonas Siegenthaler appeared to give the Devils the lead 3:28 into the second but Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel successfully challenged the goal, citing goaltender interference.

Cody Glass scored his second of game at 8:08 when he wired a wrister past Hellebuyck after pouncing on a rebound off a Jack Hughes shot at 8:08.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Gabriel Vilardi scored with just over two minutes remaining in the second period to knot the contest at 3.

Cole Perfetti nicked the cross bar with a backhand, leaving a rebound Allen managed to get his glove on in the crease before Vilardi knocked it into the open net.

The goal was his 18th of the season.

Tanner Pearson gave Winnipeg the lead 6:17 into the third when Josh Morrissey took control of the puck at the blue line before moving in and hitting Pearson with a cross-crease feed which the Jet winger promptly hammered past Allen.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Mark Scheifele fired a pair of second period goals as the Winnipeg Jets took control and snapped an 11-game losing skid, downing the Los Angeles Kings by a 5-1 score Friday night.

Vladislav Namestnikov, Cole Koepke and Jonathan Toews scored the other Jet goals.

Gabriel Vilardi and Cole Perfetti each had a pair of assists.

Eric Comrie turned aside 23 shots for Winnipeg, who moved to 16-22-5.

Quentin Byfield scored the lone goal for the Kings, who dropped to 18-15-10.

Darcy Kuemper made 14 saves for Los Angeles.

Vladislav Namestnikov got the Jets on the board early when he deflected a Logan Stanley shot past Darcy Kuemper to make it 1-0.

The goal was his 7th of the season and first in 30 games.

Cole Koepke made it 2-0 at 18:05 when Dylan Samberg hit him with a cross ice pass that the rookie forward slid into a wide open net.

Jonathan Toews scored just over two minutes into the second to give Winnipeg a three-goal cushion.

Colin Miller threw the puck at the net from the point before Toews redirected it into the blue paint with his skate and shovelled it into the net.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

The tally snapped an 18 game goal less for Toews.

Quentin Byfield got Los Angeles on the board 9:32 into the second when he used his skate to redirect the puck past Comrie off a shot from Taylor Ward.

Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel challenged the goal, citing goaltender interference but the goal was allowed to stand.

The goal was Byfield's 7th of the season.

Mark Scheifele made it 4-1 with a power play marker at 12:35 when he fired the puck off of Quentin Byfield's skate, catching Kuemper off guard to score his 21st goal of the season.

Scheifele scored again with 43 seconds remaining in the second, finishing off a three-way passing play after Gabriel Vilardi won a puck battle in the neutral zone.

The goal was his 22nd of the season.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Tomas Hertl's goal 4:48 into overtime was the game winner as the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Winnipeg Jets by a 4-3 score Tuesday night.

The win was their second in their last ten games.

The Jets saw their record franchise losing streak reach ten games.

Hertl had a goal and an assist to pace the Golden Knights.

Mark Stone, Brett Howden and Reilly Smith also scored for the Vegas.

Mitch Marner had a pair of assists.

Carter Hart stopped 17 shots for Golden Knights, who moved to 18-11-12.

Cole Perfetti, Luke Schenn, Kyle Connor scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 15-22-4.

Cole Perfetti opened the scoring 5:16 into the opening stanza when he beat Hart with a backhand off a slick feed from Jonathan Toews in the slot.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Jets defenceman Haydn Fleury was injured late in the period when Golden Knights forward Keegan Kolesar shoved him midway through the right faceoff circle.

Fleury lost balance and slid heavily into the end boards backwards, folding in half upon impact.

He was stretchered off and did not return.

Jets captain Adam Lowry called Kolesar out on the ensuing faceoff as both parties dropped the gloves with Lowry winning a one sided decision.

Luke Schenn gave the Jets a 2-0 lead 12:04 into the second when he shot a puck through traffic from the blue line.

The goal was his first as a Winnipeg Jet, a span of 42 games and 98 total.

Mark Stone got the Golden Knights on the board with a power play marker late in the second when he converted a Pavel Dorofeyev feed past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Brett Howden tied it 8:13 into the 3rd when he hammered a Noah Hanfin feed past Hellebuyck from close range.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Kyle Connor gave the Jets the lead at 14:56 of the third when he converted a Gabriel Vilardi centering pass, beating Hart with a 20 foot wrister to make it 3-2.

The lead was short lived as Vegas Reilly Smith tied it just over a minute later at 15:55 when he scored on a pass from Brandon Saad.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

The game went to overtime.

Tomas Hertl scored with 12.8 seconds left in overtime to give Vegas the win, tipping in a Mitch Marner shot from the point. SHOTS-VEGAS 31 WINNIPEG 20

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-The Edmonton Oilers got goals from three different players and Calvin Pickard made 41 saves as they went on to post a 3-1 road win over Winnipeg Monday night.

Max Jones, Jack Roslovic and Zach Hyman scored for the Oilers.

Edmonton moved to 20-14-6.

Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 15-18-4.

The Jets are now winless in their last six outings.

There was no scoring in the first period.

The Oilers scored first 8 minutes into the second period when Max Jones capitalized on a Logan Stanley turnover behind his net.

Curtis Lazar pressured the Winnipeg defenceman who then shoved the disc right onto Jones' stick and he stuffed the puck past Hellebuyck by the left post.

Jack Roslovic cleaned up a rebound 12:49 into the second on the power play when Adam Henrqiue's shot was kicked by Hellebuyck right onto the Edmonton winger's stick.

Roslovic made no mistake, snapping the disc past the Jet netminder to score his 11th of the season.

Adam Lowry got Winnipeg on the board 5:46 into the third, sliding a backhand past Oilers netminder Calvin Pickard on a rebound to make it 2-1.

The goal was his 2nd of the season and first since November the 18th.

Zack Hyman added an empty netter with 1:23 remaining in regulation to seal the win for Edmonton.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Brady Tkachuk's goal 2:51 into overtime gave the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets Monday night.

Tim Stützle took a stretch pass off the boards before moving across the blue line and sliding the disc to Tkachuk, who made no mistake, beating Hellebuyck with a high wrister to give the Senators the win.

Nick Cousins and Jake Sanderson also scored for the Senators.

Linus Ullmark turned aside 23 shots for Ottawa, who moved to 15-14-4.

Neal Pionk and Logan Stanley scored for the Jets, who picked up a single point with the loss.

Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for Winnipeg, dropped to 15-16-1.

Kurtis MacDermid hit the post with a wrister just over the five minute mark into the contest.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Nick Cousins opened the scoring 10:47 into the second, when he broke in and fired a wrister that Hellebuyck only managed to get a piece of with his blocker.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Neal Pionk tied it up with a slap shot from just inside the blue line when he one timed a Kyle Connor saucer pass past Ullmark to make it 1-1.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Logan Stanley gave the Jets the lead at 18:35 when Gabriel Vilardi gained the blue line before sliding the disc to Morgan Barron who relayed it to Stanley as the towering defenceman fired a wrister past Ullmark from the top of the face off circle, beating him short side to make it 2-1.

Jake Sanderson tied it up late with a shot through traffic from the blue line when he converted a Tim Stützle feed.

The game went to overtime.

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