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The Moose fired three first period goals and added two in the second for good measure to bury the Senators, who were finally able to get on the board just under twelve minutes into the second period.

Leon Gawanke had a goal and an assist.

Declan Chisolm had three assists and Alex Limoges two.

Cole Maier, Daniel Torgersson and Evan Polei also scored for the Moose.

Arvid Holm made 36 saves for Manitoba, who moved to 13-7-2-1.

Manitoba went 2-for-3 on the power play while Belleville went 0-for-2.

Brennan Saulnier and Ridley Greig scored for the Senators.

Mads Sogaard and Antoine Bibeau combined to make 20 saves for Belleville, who dropped to 11-13-1-0.

Cole Maier got Manitoba on the board shorthanded 2:49 into the contest when he followed up on his own rebound after driving the net and getting a hold of his own rebound.

Maier turned and fired a wrister from about 10 feet out and beat Belleville goaltender Mads Sogaard glove side with a wrister to make it 1-0.

Daniel Torgersson gave the Moose a two-goal lead at 4:41 when he coralled a puck off the end boards off a Leon Gawanke shot and one timed it past Sogaard to score his 2nd goal of the season.

Leon Gawanke scored 1:10 into a power play to make it 3-0 Moose when he one timed a Declan Chisolm feed past Sogaard from inside the left faceoff circleat 12:17.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Evan Polei scored 24 seconds into the second, when he converted a Nicholas Jones feed, snapping a wrister past Sogaard to chase him from the game.

Antoine Bibeau took over but he fared no better, giving up a goal just 46 seconds later when Jeff Malott slid a backhand past him to make it 5-0 Manitoba.

The goal was his 11th of the season.

The Senators got on the board 11:50 into the second when Brennan Saulnier poked a puck past Holm following a goalmouth scramble.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Jeff Malott scored a power play marker 1:08 into the third when he knocked a deflected puck past Bibeau to make it 6-1.

Ridley Greig picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated in and snapped the disc past Holm, beating him high glove side to score his 4th of the season to make it 6-2.

The two teams face each other again Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg.

Game time is 2 PM CST.

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With Jets defenceman Neal Pionk off for high sticking Golden Knights winger Phil Kessel, the Vegas power play went to work, moving the puck around before Danill Miromanov found an open Marchessault, who beat Hellebuyck with a high slap shot to give the Golden Knights their 13th road win of the season.

Marchessault and Mark Stone each had two goals for Vegas.

Danill Miromanov had a goal and two assists.

William Karlsson had a goal for Vegas.

Chandler Stephenson had two assists.

Adin Hill turned aside 29 shots for the Golden Knights, who moved to 21-9-1.

Mark Scheifele had three goals for Winnipeg.

Morgan Barron and Sam Gagner also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 18-9-1.

Mark Scheifele got Winnipeg on the board at 9:22 when he deflected a point shot from Josh Morrissey past Adin Hill as he was falling to the ice.

Danill Miromanov tied the contest 2:08 later when he took a Reilly Smith feed before moving into the top of the faceoff circle and beat Hellebuyck with a low wrister at 11:30.

The goal was the first of his NHL career.

Vegas nearly took the lead with 6:22 remaining in the first when Smith broke in alone but Hellebuyck stymied the Golden Knights forward.

Mark Stone scored with 30 seconds left in the first when he outhustled Jets forward Adam Lowry to a rebound off a point shot from Nicolas Hague and fired the puck past Hellebuyck with two seconds remaining in the first.

Morgan Barron tied the contest 11:16 into the second when he tracked down a rebound off a Dylan Samberg shot and knocked a backhand past Hill to make it 2-2.

Mark Stone gave Vegas the lead at 15:34 off a turnover when Jets defenceman coughed up the puck at the blue line resulting in a two-on-one with Taylor Stevenson.

Stevenson slid Stone the puck which he fired past a sprawling Hellebuyck to make it 3-2 Golden Knights.

The goal was his 12th of the season.

The lead was short lived as Sam Gagner tied it up 39 seconds later when he redirected a Brendan Dillon point shot past Hill to make it 3-3 at 16:13.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

With Alec Martinez off for slashing the Jets took full advantage when Mark Scheifele one timed a cross ice Kyle Connor feed past Hill 41 seconds into the third period to give Winnipeg a 4-3 lead.

The goal was his 17th of the season.

Jonathan Marchessault tied the game on the power play 9:38 into the third when he took a Danill Miromanov feed high along the side boards before curling in and unleashing a wrister which beat Hellebuyck glove side to make it 4-4.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Winnipeg had a power play with 7:51 left in the third when Ben Hutton went off for high sticking Jansen Harkins but they failed to score.

William Karlsson scored an empty netter with 1:14 left in regulation to clinch the win for Vegas.

Mark Scheifele scored with a second remaining in the third period to make it 6-5.

The goal was his 18th of the season.

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The win was their fourth straight.

Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Evgeni Kuznetsov, Marcus Johansson, Lars Eller and Alex Ovechkin scored for Washington.

Dimitri Orlov had a pair of assists for the Capitals.

Charlie Lindgren stopped 29 shots for Washington, who moved to 14-12-4.

Adam Lowry and Pierre-Luc Dubois replied for Winnipeg.

Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for the Jets, who dropped to 18-8-1 and saw their four-game winning streak snapped.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Trevor Van Riemsdyk got Washington on the board 3:25 into the second when Jim Dowd hit him with a short pass at the top of the face off circle before the Capital defenceman moved into the high slot before beating Hellebuyck high glove side.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Evgeni Kuznetsov gave the Capitals a two-goal cushion 8:21 into the second period on the power play when John Carlson found him alone in front of the net and drifted a pass through.

Kuznetsov buried a backhand, beating Hellebuyck high glove side to make it 2-0 Capitals.

“They tell us that they (Jets) have a good goalie and we have to go screen him. I saw that Johnny got the puck and probably both guys go over to the big man and I just went to open up the back door and then Johnny just passed it through,” said Kuznetsov.

Marcus Johansson scored shorthanded on a penalty shot at 9:55 after being fouled from behind by Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey.

Johansson moved in and beat Hellebuyck with a backhand shot just under the cross bar.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Lars Eller made it 4-0 when he scooped up a rebound off a Anthony Mantha shot from the slot into a wide open net at 15:24.

The veteran forward was playing in his 900th NHL career game.

"We got contributions from a lot of places and Charlie was so strong in net. Just you one of these sixty minute efforts where you know it was only those first five minutes in the third where they (Jets) pushed and were able to get two quick ones. After that I just think we responded really well. And you know didn't panic and kept them from getting too chances after that. So it was a really overall good game tonight," said Eller.

Adam Lowry got the Jets on the board, firing a rebound off a Josh Morrissey shot from the left point 35 seconds into the third.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored at 3:39, converting a cross-ice feed as Kyle Connor hit him with a searing pass.

Dubois hammered the puck past Lindgren to make it 4-2.

"We didn’t give up. Down 4-0, we kept going and kept pushing," said Dubois. "Their goalie played well. We hit some posts and had some chances at the end of the second period. It could have been a two or three goal game instead of a four goal game going into the third. And who knows what happens after that? Now we have a huge game against a Western Conference team, so we’re going to have to be ready for that. They’re a good team.”

Alex Ovechkin added an empty netter at 17:48 to seal the win for Washington.

The goal was his 17th of the season.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness said his club came out flat.

"We didn’t have our legs early, that was clear. They were jumping on us. I thought as the first period went on we got our legs going again. Clearly the coverage on their first goal was a complete breakdown for us. Power play hurt us, you get a four-minute and give up the breakaway and the penalty shot, it kind of sets you on your heels a little bit against a veteran hockey club. They know how to play. I liked how we finished the second period, the last four minutes. We felt we were still in the game, and we were. We made it 4-2 and we just didn’t get that third goal. We started trading chances, but that’s the only way you’re going to get back in the game. Give them credit, they bent a little bit but didn’t break. We had some really good looks at the end of the second. We hit the post. We had some really good looks. Their goalie made some timely saves for them," he said.

Washington visits Chicago Tuesday while Winnipeg hosts Vegas.

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Morgan's tally sparked a three-goal, third period outburst by the Jets in just under a five minute span that broke the game wide open for a Winnipeg side that spotted the visitors a two-goal lead.

Saku Maenalanen, Dylan Samberg, Mark Scheifele also scored for Winnipeg, who bounced back after a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.

Defenceman Nate Schmidt had a goal and an assist.

Adam Lowry had a pair of assists for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 28 shots for Winnipeg, who moved to 15-7-1.

Jakob Silfverberg and Brett Leason scored for the Ducks, who lost their 6th straight game.

Anthony Stolarz made 35 saves for Anaheim, who dropped to 6-17-3.

Jakob Silfverberg opened the scoring 15:16 into the first when he snapped up a rebound off a Frank Vatrano shot to make it 1-0 Anaheim.

Brett Leason made it 2-0 just over five minutes into the second when () won a draw back to Dylan Samberg, who had the puck hop over his stick at the point.

Leason skated into the disc and broke in alone on Hellebuyck, beating him with a wrister to score his 2nd goal of the season.

"Well it just kind of came to me. That defence (Samberg) lost the puck off the draw and I kind of stepped and it was there. I was able to get a breakaway and was able to capitalize," said Leason.

"I was playing man to man for my position, just a fortunate bounce for me and I hopped on the opportunity," he added.

Saku Maenalanen got the Jets on the board 10:31 into the second when he converted a Nate Schmidt feed from the side of the net to make it 2-1.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

Dylan Samberg scored 13:28 into the second when he floated a wrister through traffic from the left point which beat Stolarz glove side to make it 2-2.

The goal was the first of his NHL career.

The goal was challenged by Anaheim for a high stick but was allowed to stand.

Morgan Barron gave Winnipeg the lead at 14:23 when he got his stick down after driving the net and slammed an Adam Lowry feed past Stolarz to make it 3-2 Jets.

Mark Scheifele followed up with a goal 49 seconds later at 15:12 when he took a drop pass from Blake Wheeler just inside the Ducks blue line before moving in nad wiring a wrister past Stolarz, beating him high glove side to make it 4-2 Jets.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Nate Schmidt scored a late power play goal off a wrister from the point to make it 5-2 Winnipeg.

But Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness didn't make any bones about how his club started the game, he wasn't happy.

"Good or bad, I don't look at it that way. It's just not right to start a game like that. Listen, I'm the head coach so I'm responsible for the way we start and getting our team prepared. So that starts with me. The second thing is I'm not a babysitter. These guys are men. They're professionals and they're paid to show up here and go to work. My job here is to make that happen. The third thing on that would be: you cannot play this game without passion. Without emotion. You cannot play this game on your heels. And I hate when we're on our heels. It's not right."

Anaheim Head Coach Dallas Eakins said his club played hard but couldn't match the Jets.

“It's hard. You're coming into a game like this, you know your backs are going to be against the wall anyway. Winnipeg had just lost a tough one (to Columbus Friday) and we're playing back-to-back and they're sitting here fresh so you know it's going to be a tough game," said Eakins.

“I thought our guys did a hell of a job throughout the game, leading early and hanging on. The winning goal just comes off of a guy. Our D-man got his feet tangled up with another guy and he falls. If he doesn't fall, we're probably right now in overtime or a shootout.”

Winnipeg closes out a four-game homestand Tuesday when they host Florida while Anaheim returns home to face the Carolina Hurricanes.

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The Jets winger netted his 5th, 6th and 7th goal of the NHL season.

Wheeler says he's just happy to be playing well on a good team.

“Just grateful to still be out there and playing a meaningful role on a pretty good hockey team. I’m just enjoying these opportunities. When you’re playing with the guys I get to play with, you’re going to get put in those position. Like I said, I just feel fortunate a few bounces went my way tonight," he said.

Wheeler was much more impressed with the effort of his goaltender on the night.

“He’s (Hellebuyck) been our best player all year. You talk about Josh elevating his game. For a guy whose won a Vezina and been second before, this is the best I’ve seen him play. He’s been the backbone of our team for a long time. He’s just taken his game to another level and given us an opportunity to win every night.”

Hellebuyck's shutout was his third of the season and kicked off a four-game homestand with a key divisional win.

“I felt like I was doing a lot of work, because they can buzz," said Hellebuyck.

"They are a good team over there and they can move the puck well when they move around our zone. But everything was controlled when I was getting it. The guys battled so hard in front of me for those rebounds. I felt that I was part of the win tonight, and it was a good team win.”

Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists for Winnipeg.

Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist for the Jets.

Cole Perfetti had three assists for Winnipeg, setting up two of Wheeler's goals.

The Jets moved to 14-6-1.

Alaxandar Georgiev stopped 19 shots for Colorado, who dropped to 12-6-1.

Blake Wheeler opened the scoring 9:18 into the first, working a give-and-go with Josh Morrissey before moving in from the top of the faceoff circle and beating Colorado goaltender Alaxandar Georgiev blocker side with a low wrister.

Mark Scheifele appeared to give the Jets a 2-0 lead just over two minutes into the second period after he poked a loose puck past Georgiev but Colorado Head Coach Jared Bednar appealed, citing goaltender interference.

The ruling was no goal on the play.

Winnipeg continued to press with Scheifele ringing a puck off the post at 3:10.

The pressure paid off when Josh Morrissey took a Dylan DeMelo feed and beat Georgiev with a slap shot from the left point.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Wheeler scored his second of the night 13:07 into the second when he capped off a neat three-way passing play by converting a Cole Perfetti backhand past Georgiev to make it 3-0 Jets.

Mark Scheifele made it 4-0 1:22 into the third when he broke in on a 2-on-1 with Kyle Connor before the Jet winger slid a cross crease feed past a sprawling Samuel Girard which Scheiefle tapped into a wide open net.

The goal was his 12th of the season.

Blake Wheeler converted a Cole Perfetti feed at 16:09 to put Winnipeg up 5-0 and score his third of the night.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Avs forward Andrew Cogliano said they just weren't good enough.

“We obviously didn’t get enough traffic,” Avalanche forward Andrew Cogliano said. “Some pucks were laying there and we weren’t doing a good enough job getting there enough. At the end of the day we have to get more pucks from the top and get more rebounds and create chances that way. They’re a good defensive team. It wasn’t our best night and we’ve got to move on," he said.

Colorado Head Coach Jared Bednar said his club gave up too much ice.

“You look at the goals we gave up, they were odd-man rushes and Grade A scoring chances from them on the rush attack. I thought we were pretty good, actually, protecting the net front once we got into D-zone coverage. That wasn’t our issue. It was the work to get back above pucks in the offensive zone, get numbers back above it to be able to shut down a rush attack. It was sporadic, and when we didn’t do it they capitalized on it," he said.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness said it was a statement game by his club.

"No it’s not just another game. I think the message we’re trying to send here is make them worry about us. They’re the defending Stanley Cup Champions, they’re a great hockey team, yeah they are. We’re starting to realize that when we play the right way, and we play the way we’re supposed to play, and play together, we’re a very good hockey club. The message is more about us and the way we want to play. If you look at the game, I thought we gave them way too much respect in the first period, then we started to play our hockey in the second and third, and there was a big difference. That shows me that it’s coming. They’re starting to believe that if we play the right way, play hard, good things will happen for us. So was it a big game against the Stanley Cup champions, yeah, but I’m putting more focus on us and how we play," he said.

Colorado visits Buffalo Thursday while Winnipeg hosts Columbus on Friday.

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Pierre-Luc Dubois picked up a loose puck and circled behind his own net before hitting Morrissey with a breakaway stretch pass at center ice.

The Jet defenceman cruised in and drifted a wrister past Hurricanes goaltender Pytor Kochetkov to seal the win for the Jets.

Morrissey had a pair of goals on the night.

"I felt we were able to create a turnover. We got control of the puck. I kind of just took off when one of their guys changed. Sometimes that's how it works. In overtime, if you can turn the puck over quick and transition the other way, you can create an odd man rush. Dubie made a great, heads-up pass and from there, I just tried to go in and score a goal," said Morrissey.

Winnipeg had control of the game until Carolina came to life in the third period, firing three goals in a span of 4:09 to tie the contest and send it to overtime after Canes Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour opted to pull his goaltender with over five minutes remaining in regulation.

The move paid off as Carolina fired three straight goals to push the game into overtime.

Andrei Svechnikov, who scored the Hurricanes second goal said his club just wouldn't quit.

"You know I'm in my fifth year here and our team it's like uh never give up. It doesn't matter how much we're losing by we just play or try to play hard every shift," he said. "We played good today you know just a bit unlucky."

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists on the night, including his breakaway pass on Morrissey's game winning tally.

Mikey Eyssimont also scored for Winnipeg, who moved to 11-5-1.

Blake Wheeler had a pair of assists.

David Rittich made 24 saves for the Jets and has won his last three starts.

Jaccob Slavin, Andrei Svechnikov and David Necas scored for the Hurricanes.

Sebastian Aho had three assists for Carolina.

Pytor Kochetkov turned aside 19 shots for the Canes, who dropped to 10-5-4.

Pierre-Luc Dubois opened the scoring at 18:34 of the first when Blake Wheeler sent him in alone on Pytor Kochetkov as he beat the Carolina goaltender with a low wrister short side to make it 1-0 Winnipeg.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Mikey Essyimont gave the Jets a 2-0 lead after he followed up on a David Gustafsson breakaway and knocked the disc past Kochetkov 6:44 into the second period.

The goal was the 1st of his NHL career.

The Jets were given a two-man advantage for 1:22 in the second period but failed to score.

Andrei Svechnikov nearly got Carolina on the board with 2:28 left in the second when he was alone in front of Rittich from 15 feet out but the Jets goaltender stopped his wrister point blank.

Josh Morrissey made it 3-0 on an odd man rush just under four minutes into the third when he took a Blake Wheeler feed and moved into the high slot before beating Kochetkov with a low shot.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Carolina Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour pulled his goaltender with 5:32 left in the third and the move paid off as Jaccob Slavin scored at 15:12 to pull the Canes to within a pair.

The goal was his first of the season.

Andrei Svechnikov got his stick on a Brent Burns point shot at at 16:52 to pull Carolina to within a goal.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

The Canes pulled their goaltender again and the move paid off as Martin Necas tied the game with 38.8 seconds left in the third to send the game to overtime.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Carolina Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour said they had discussed pulling his goaltender earlier on during a time out.

“In this game, it didn’t matter. We talked about it at the eight-minute timeout. I’m like, ‘Why don’t we just try something crazy because this game is kind of flat for us.’ But we decided to wait a little longer. You get that one. If they get the fourth one, who cares, the game, it’s irrelevant. So that’s why you’re pulling him earlier and earlier. The trick is, I think, when you’re down two, not to pull him too early because you’re still in the game. So you’ve got to kind of manage that a little bit, but we had nothing to lose, it’s 3-0.”

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness said the key to getting the win was not panicking after Carolina tied it up late in the third period.

“There was no panic on the bench. Again, sometimes in hockey, you shoot the puck, it gets deflected and goes in. Sometimes you tip it and we might have covered that thing perfectly, it still doesn’t mean it’s not going in the net. Sometimes it does. Just don’t panic, and there was no panic on the bench. OK, we got a point here, let’s go here and make sure we get the extra point. However we got it, we got it. And that’s the most important thing. We got the two points.”

Carolina returns home to host Arizona Wednesday while Winnipeg visits Minnesota in a divsional matchup.

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Zucker worked a give-and-go with Evgeni Malkin perfectly as he wired a wrister over Connor Hellebuyck's shoulder.

Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist to pace the Penguins.

Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel had the other Pittsburgh goals.

Tristan Jarry turned aside all 32 shots he faced to earn the shutout for Pittsburgh, his first since February 26th.

The Penguins moved to 8-7-3 with the win.

Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 10-5-1.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Winnipeg went scoreless on two man advantages in the second, but were unable to score.

Winnipeg held the shot advantage through two periods 23-22.

Jason Zucker scored 53 seconds into the third to get the Penguins on the board.

Bryan Rust scored at 18:26 when Connor Hellebuyck coughed up a puck he attempted to play and put the puck right on Sidney Crosby's stick.

The Penguins captain slid it over to Rust who fired the disc into a wide open net.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Jake Guentzel added an empty netter with four seconds remaining to seal the win for the Penguins.

Pittsburgh faces Chicago Sunday while Winnipeg closes out a three-game homestand on Monday when they host the Carolina Hurricanes.

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The Jet winger fired all three goals for his club, who won for the 8th time in their last ten games.

Connor one timed a Mark Scheifele feed from the side of the net after the Jet centre coralled the puck off the end boards after defenceman Neal Pionk banked a slap pass off the end boards.

Connor slapped the disc past Ducks goaltender John Gibson, beating him low stick side to give the Jets the win.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 29 shots for Winnipeg, who Troy Terry and Trevor Zegras scored for Anaheim.

Cam Fowler had a pair of assists for the Ducks.

John Gibson made 29 saves for Anaheim, who dropped to 5-11-1.

The game started well for the Ducks, who struck first 10:17 into the first period on a delayed penalty call.

Troy Terry scored on a wrister as he moved in from the left point and drifted a shot past Hellebuyck, which he managed to get a piece of.

Ducks defenceman Cam Fowler and Terry cycled the puck before Fowler fed Terry at the left point before he moved in and scored.

Winnipeg tied the game 12:32 into the second on the power play when Connor worked a give-and-go with Josh Morrissey before curling on his backhand toward the right side boards and hit Pierre-Luc Dubois with a crisp pass just outside the crease.

Dubois got a shot on goal before Connor cruised in and snapped the rebound past Gibson with Dubois providing a screen.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Connor scored again 14:15 into the 3rd when he converted Sam Gagner's backhand pass from behind the net, slamming the disc past Gibson to give the Jets a one goal lead.

Winnipeg's lead was short lived as Trevor Zegras tied the game 27 seconds later when Adam Henrique and Zegras worked a give-and-go perfectly, that started when Zegras hit his teammate with a stretch pass at the Jet blueline before Henrique glided across and returned the feed with a soft pass Zegras skated into.

The Anaheim forward made no mistake, snapping the puck past Hellebuyck, beating him high blocker side to tie the game at 2.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Anaheim visits St. Louis Saturday while Winnipeg hosts Pittsburgh.

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Gawanke cut hard for the slot before Heinola hit him with a centering pass before he slid the disc through Oscar Dansk's pads to give the Moose the win.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Cole Maier, Henri Nikkanen and Chaz Lucius scored for the Moose.

Ville Heinola had a pair of assists for Manitoba.

Oskari Salminen and Arvid Holm combined to turn aside 31 shots for the Moose, who moved to 7-3-1-0.

Emilio Pettersen scored twice for Calgary.

Cole Schwindt also scored for the Wranglers.

Oscar Dansk made 29 saves for Calgary, who dropped to 6-5-1-0.

With Calgary on a two-man advantage early on Cole Schwindt scored 5:16 into the first period, wiring a high wrister past Salminen to make it 1-0 Wranglers.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Emilio Pettersen made it 2-0 Wranglers at 10:23 when Connor Zary took a feed near the left corner and hit Pettersen with a crisp pass in the high slot.

Pettersen made no mistake, drifting a wrister and beat Salminen low glove side to score his 2nd goal of the season.

Cole Maier scored 1:13 into the second, golfing a puck past Dansk from the slot to make it 2-1.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Pettersen netted his second goal of the afternoon ten seconds later when he caught Salminen napping, scoring on a bobbling wrister from just outside the Manitoba blue line at 1:23.

Moose Head Coach Mark Morrison had seen enough and pulled Salminen in favor of Arvid Holm.

Heni Nikkanen got the Moose to within a goal at 7:23 when he took control of the puck just inside the Manitoba blue line and skated into the Calgary zone before snapping a wrister from the top of the right circle, beating Dansk blocker side to make it 3-2.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Chaz Lucius tied it with 42.4 seconds left in the second when he cruised in and knocked the rebound off a Simon Lundmark point shot past Dansk.

The goal was the 2nd of the season.

Manitoba visits Texas Friday while Calgary visits Bakersfield.

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