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They won their third straight and have won eight of their last ten contests, their only blemish, a pair of overtime losses during that stretch.

Neal Pionk, Alex Iafallo, Nikolaj Ehlers and Morgan Barron scored for the Jets.

Vladislav Namestnikov had three assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 23-9-4.

Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov replied for the Lightning.

Victor Hedman had a pair of assists.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 24 shots for Tampa Bay, who dropped to 18-16-5.

Tampa Bay scored first on the power play 6:18 into the opening stanza.

With Adam Lowry off for high sticking Victor Hedman found Steven Stamkos alone on the top off the left faceoff circle.

The veteran forward one timed a slap shot past Hellebuyck, beating him with a low shot just inside the left post to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead.

The goal was his 16th of the season.

Neal Pionk tied the contest 4:44 into the second when he redirected a Brendan Dillon shot from the point past Vasilevskiy to score his 4th of the season.

Alex Iafallo gave the Jets the lead 9:13 into the second period when he followed up on a Cole Perfetti shot and beat Vasilevskiy glove side to make it 2-1 Jets.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored at 15:13 of the third period after Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy's attempt to clear the puck was intercepted by Vladislav Namestnikov who got the disc back to Ehlers, who snapped it past the Lightning goaltender to put Winnipeg up 3-1.

Morgan Barron added an empty netter with 2:07 remaining in regulation to clinch the win for the Jets.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Nikita Kucherov scored a late power play goal for Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay visits Minnesota Thursday while Winnipeg travels to San Jose.

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The win was Montreal's second straight and snapped Winnipeg's two-game winning streak.

Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist for Montreal.

Christian Dvorak also scored for the Canadiens.

Jake Allen made 29 saves for Montreal, who moved to 14-13-4.

Gabriel Vilardi and Cole Perfetti scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 24 shots for Winnipeg, who dropped to 18-9-3.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Josh Anderson got Montreal on the board just under five minutes into the second period after the Jets failed to clear their zone.

Jake Evans took control of the puck and cut toward the center of the ice before slipping the disc to Mike Matheson before his shot was redirected off of Anderson's skate past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his third in his last two games after garnering a lone empty net tally in the Canadiens first 29 games.

Christian Dvorak scored on the power play at 15:04 after Josh Anderson took control of the puck and drove to the net which allowed Dvorak to score into a wide open net.

The play was reviewed by the on-ice officials before being ruled a good goal.

The play was challenged by Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness and was confirmed by off ice review in Toronto.

Gabe Vilardi scored at 19:04 of the second period when he shot the puck past Allen off a Josh Morrissey shot to get the Jets on the board.

The goal was his 5th in his last 6 games.

Cole Perfetti snapped up a rebound off a Vladislav Namestnikov shot and slid it past Allen at 12:24 of the third period to knot the contest at 2.

The goal was his 10th of the season.

The game went to overtime.

Justin Barron scored 1:09 into overtime to clinch the win for the Canadiens.

Winnipeg hosts Detroit Wednesday while Montreal travels to Minnesota to face the Wild on Thursday.

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Mark Scheifele, Morgan Barron and Cole Perfetti scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 13-8-2.

Connor Bedard scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks, his 11th of the season.

Arvid Soderblom stopped 25 shots for Chicago, who dropped to 7-16-0.

Connor Bedard scored 4:39 into the first period to give the Blackhawks the early lead.

The 18 year-old centre forced a turnover in the high slot before streaking to open ice in the right faceoff circle to one time a Philipp Kurashev return feed past a sprawling Hellebuyck.

The goal extended his road point streak to eight games.

Mark Scheifele tied it at 10:43 on the power play when Gabriel Valardi took control of the puck in the neutral zone and skated wide before feeding open Schiefele in the slot, who snapped the disc past Soderblom to make it 1-1.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Morgan Barron gave the Jets the lead 6:23 into the second when he took a Nikolaj Ehlers feed at centre ice before bursting down the left side and beating Soderblom with a hard wrister to make it 2-1.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

Cole Perfetti made it 3-1 Winnipeg just over halfway through the third when he tipped a Dylan Samberg shot from the left point past Soderblom to make it 3-1 at 10:06.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

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The Oiler centreman made no mistake, one timing the disc through a sprawled Connor Hellebuyck to make it 2-1.

Most of the night the Oiler offence was stymied by Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck who made 36 saves.

Darnell Nurse and Ryan Mcleod also scored for the Oilers.

Stuart Skinner turned aside 25 shots for Edmonton, who moved to 9-12-1.

Cole Perfetti scored for the Jets.

Winnipeg dropped their third straight game to move to 12-8-2.

The Oilers carried the play through most of the first period, outshooting the Jets 12-8.

With Brett Kulak off for holding the stick, Cole Perfetti got the Jets on the board with a power play marker at 8:27 when he tipped a Mark Schiefele shot from the slot past Skinner.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Kyle Connor nearly extended the lead just under five minutes into the second when he broke in alone on Skinner but failed to beat the Oiler goaltender.

Mattias Janmark had a chance to tie the contest late in the second period when he broke in alone on Hellebuyck shortanded but the Jets goaltender was equal to the task.

Darnell Nurse tied the contest 13:11 into the third after taking a Ryan Mcleod feed in the netural zone before moving in and unleashing a wrister that Hellebuyck got a piece of before the disc slid past his outstretched glove.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

Leon Draisaitl scored a late power play goal to tie the game at one.

Ryan McLeod added an empty netter to seal the win for the Oilers.

"If there's a right way to win, that's what it looks like. I thought the guys stuck with it all night. I thought we did a...just a great job in both ends overall," said Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, who made 25 saves. "I think especially in this game we did a really good job with that (locking the game down). Obviously there is some tweaks that has to be made. As always every win every loss you know there's some things to improve on."

Oilers Head Coach Kris Knoblauch thought his club's effort was consistent on the night.

“I was very happy with our guys. There could, obviously, have been frustration. I thought we played pretty well for the first 40 minutes, could have had some goals. Their goalie played really well. A few missed chances, just missing wide, and the guys didn’t deviate from the game plan and stuck with it. We got a little bit of a break on the first goal, but I think it was deserved considering how many opportunities we had," he said.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness said his club got dominated in the faceoff circle and that was a key factor for the loss.

"Our biggest problem tonight was faceoffs. They killed us in the faceoff circle, so you’re chasing them all the time. We’re not trying to sit back, but they’re winning so many faceoffs we end up chasing them. We won 29 per cent, they won 71, I mean, that’s pretty much the whole game we’re chasing them. So that’s an issue. But look at the first shift in that third period, we went right after them. And that was a Grade A, we had a good opportunity there but just couldn’t get that second goal.”

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Matt Duchene sent Mason Marchment on a two-on-one break which ended when he hit Seguin with a crisp pass and the Dallas centre made no mistake, firing the puck past an outstretched Hellebuyck.

Joe Pavelski had the other Stars goal.

Jake Oettinger turned aside 27 shots for Dallas, who moved to 12-6-2.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 12-7-2.

Winnipeg has dropped their last two games after a five-game winning streak.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Matt Duchene nearly got the Stars on the board just under nine minutes into the second period when he broke in alone on Hellebuyck but ended up crashing into the net.

The Jets got a two-man advantage 10:17 into the second period for just over a minute but failed to score.

Dallas got on the board first 12:54 into the second when Roope Hintz cut by the net and slid the disc to a wide open Joe Pavelski who beat Hellebuyck with a low shot.

The goal was his 10th of the season.

Winnipeg had a two-man advantage for 44 seconds 4:17 into the third but were unable to score.

Tyler Seguin scored at 16:45 of the third when he converted a Mason Marchment pass on a 2-on-1 break, lifting the puck just past an outstretched Hellebuyck to make it 2-0 Dallas. Dallas visits Calgary while Winnipeg hosts Edmonton on Thursday.

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Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist.

The win was their third in a row.

Winnipeg has won 6 of their last 7 games.

Vladislav Namestnikov, Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets.

Brendan Dillon had a pair of assists.

Laurent Brossoit made 16 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 10-5-2 on the season.

Matias Maccelli and Matt Dumba scored for the Coyotes.

Karel Vejmelka stopped 19 shots for Arizona, who dropped to 8-7-2.

Arizona scored 14:53 into the first when Matias Maccelli took a puck off of Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg's skate and fired the disc into a wide open net to make it 1-0.

Mark Scheifele evened the contest 2:11 later when Neal Pionk fed him the puck along the right side boards before attempting a shot which careened off of Alex Kerfoot's stick before he followed up with a backhand shot from the slot, beating Vejmelka low glove side.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Vladislav Namestnikov gave the Jets the lead at 18:02 when he beat Vejmelka to a loose puck off a Josh Morrissey dump in along the end boards before banking the puck in off of a backchecking Lawson Crouse's skate and into the net.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Matt Dumba scored 6:08 into the second period when he redirected a Travis Boyd feed past Brossoit to make it 2-2.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Kyle Connor converted a Mark Scheifele cross ice feed 11:26 into the second period to give Winnipeg a 3-2 lead.

Scheifele took control of the puck in the neutral zone before moving in and spotting a wide open Connor and hitting him with a hard pass at the top of the face off circle.

Connor moved in to the face off dot before beating Vejmelka high glove side with a wrister to score his NHL leading 14th goal of the season.

Josh Morrissey scored 4:15 into the third period after Mark Scheifele fed the Jet defenceman a short pass on a 2-on-1 which Morrissey promptly buried to score his 2nd of the season.

Mason Appleton added an empty netter with 2:30 left in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.

Winnipeg is idle until Wednesday when they visit Tampa Bay while Arizona returns home to host Los Angeles on Monday.

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Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist.

The win was their third in a row.

Winnipeg has won 6 of their last 7 games.

Vladislav Namestnikov, Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets.

Brendan Dillon had a pair of assists.

Laurent Brossoit made 16 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 10-5-2 on the season.

Matias Maccelli and Matt Dumba scored for the Coyotes.

Karel Vejmelka stopped 19 shots for Arizona, who dropped to 8-7-2.

Arizona scored 14:53 into the first when Matias Maccelli took a puck off of Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg's skate and fired the disc into a wide open net to make it 1-0.

Mark Scheifele evened the contest 2:11 later when Neal Pionk fed him the puck along the right side boards before attempting a shot which careened off of Alex Kerfoot's stick before he followed up with a backhand shot from the slot, beating Vejmelka low glove side.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Vladislav Namestnikov gave the Jets the lead at 18:02 when he beat Vejmelka to a loose puck off a Josh Morrissey dump in along the end boards before banking the puck in off of a backchecking Lawson Crouse's skate and into the net.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Matt Dumba scored 6:08 into the second period when he redirected a Travis Boyd feed past Brossoit to make it 2-2.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Kyle Connor converted a Mark Scheifele cross ice feed 11:26 into the second period to give Winnipeg a 3-2 lead.

Scheifele took control of the puck in the neutral zone before moving in and spotting a wide open Connor and hitting him with a hard pass at the top of the face off circle.

Connor moved in to the face off dot before beating Vejmelka high glove side with a wrister to score his NHL leading 14th goal of the season.

Josh Morrissey scored 4:15 into the third period after Mark Scheifele fed the Jet defenceman a short pass on a 2-on-1 which Morrissey promptly buried to score his 2nd of the season.

Mason Appleton added an empty netter with 2:30 left in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.

Winnipeg is idle until Wednesday when they visit Tampa Bay while Arizona returns home to host Los Angeles on Monday.

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The win was their fifth in their last six games.

Cole Perfetti, Mason Appleton, Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Winnipeg.

Vladislav Namestnikov and Nino Niederreiter each had a pair of assists for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 9-5-2.

Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka scored for the Sabres.

Eric Comrie turned aside 15 shots for Buffalo, who dropped to 7-9-1.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Hellebuyck stoned Victor Olofsson in close with 3:07 remaining in the opening stanza.

Kyle Connor was thwarted on a breakaway with just over a minute left when Mark Scheifele found him floating at centre ice.

Cole Perfetti opened the scoring 2:12 into the second period when he took a drop pass from Vladislav Namestnikov just inside the blue line before moving into the high slot and drifting a high wrister past Comrie to make it 1-0 Jets.

“Little bit, yeah," said Perfetti. "I put an emphasis a bit more on shooting the puck, especially when the puck seems to be going in the back of the net. You know, they’re not all going to be pretty, especially last game, that was an ugly one. But puck’s going in the back of the net and I’m just keeping on trying to funnel it towards there. I think I only had like one shot tonight, but I think I would normally try to make that pass to Fly, but I realized the D was kind of in between us and I had the shot, so I took it and it ended up going in. So, yeah, the puck is definitely going in the back of the net for our line and it’s working. So, we just have to keep doing what we’re doing and creating chances.”

The goal was his 6th of the season and marked his fifth straight game with a tally.

Mason Appleton made it 2-0 2:11 later when he drove the net hard, put his stick down and Nino Niederreiter hit him with a hard pass from the side boards at 4:23.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Alex Tuch replied 33 seconds later when Connor Hellebuyck poked the puck right to him in the slot at 4:56.

Tuch fired a low shot past the Jet goaltender to pull Buffalo to within one.

Nikolaj Ehlers floated a wrister from the blue line to restore the two-goal cushion at 8:12 that got by Comrie beating him high glove side.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

“Classic hockey goal, very well-rehearsed and practiced and exactly how we wanted it," quipped Ehlers afterward.

J.J. Peterka scored on a breakaway one minute into the third after he followed up on his initial shot and slid the disc past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Buffalo pushed hard in the game's final minutes but were unable to score.

Sabres Head Coach Don Granato said the game was a blender of play for his club.

"The third period I will say for me was the culmination of everything to this point of the year and our guys finally decided to wake up and compete harder instead of waiting," he said. "Obviously I had a message for them unlike a normal message you would get after a period. I like they way they responded. But it's not what I say, they know. There's guys in that room they know they need more.".

Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel said they knew the Sabres were coming hard after the second period.

“You know what, there’s times I didn’t really like how we defended through the neutral zone with their breakouts. Third period, Dahlin, wow, he’s special, that breakaway. He was making one pass from behind his net and he was gone. I didn’t think we did a great job of clogging up the guts of the ice, and that’s obviously through the neutral zone and in our end. We need to be a little bit better at that, I think that’s something we make sure to look at. But we knew that third period, down 3-1 they were coming. They really were. It was a four-man attack. We had some clips, we were looking at some stuff after the second period where we caught four of their guys below our goal line. And they’re an offensive group. They’re going to go. And in that third period they really pushed us back on our heels.”

Winnipeg hosts Arizona Saturday while Buffalo visits Chicago Sunday.

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