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Barron's tally which went in off his skate after defenceman Neal Pionk shot it from the right point and hit captain Adam Lowry's stick, crossed the line late in the first period.

The goal was Barron's 9th of the season.

Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves for Winnipeg, to earn his 3rd shutout of the season.

The win was Winnipeg's second straight by a one goal margin, after besting the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night.

The offensively challenged Jets haven't scored more than two goals for their last eight straight games.

Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 39 shots for San Jose, who dropped to 14-33-5 on the season.

The Sharks have lost two straight.

Morgan Barron gave the Jets the lead 17:43 into the first when the puck went in off his skate off a point shot from Neal Pionk which was also redirected by Adam Lowry.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

There was no scoring in the second and third periods.

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Mark Scheifele and Nino Niederreiter scored for Winnipeg.

Connor Hellebuyck won his 24th game of the season as the Jets moved to 31-14-5.

Bryan Rust scored the lone goal for the Penguins.

Tristan Jarry turned aside 29 shots for Pittsburgh, who dropped their second straight game.

Mark Scheifele opened the scoring 10:20 into the first when he one timed a Nikolaj Ehlers feed past Jarry to make it 1-0 Jets.

The Penguins turned the puck over at the Winnipeg blue line on a delayed offside as Ehlers knocked down an errant pass before breaking in on a two-on-one before sliding the disc to Scheifele, who promptly rocketed the puck past a shocked Jarry to score his 15th goal of the season.

Nino Niederreiter gave the Jets a two-goal lead at 15:39 when he snapped up a puck off the end boards off a Nate Schmidt shot from the point and poked it past Jarry to make it 2-0.

The goal snapped a 16 game goalless drought for him and was his 13th of the season.

Pittsburgh carried the edge in play in the second period, outshooting the Jets by a 16-7 margin.

Bryan Rust got the Penguins on the board 14:08 into the second stanza when he redirected an Erik Karlsson shot from the point past Hellebuyck at 14:08.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Winnipeg had a chance to extend their lead just under the halfway point of the third whene Kyle Connor sent Nikolaj Ehlers in on a partial breakaway off a pass from the high slot but the Jet winger was stymied by Jarry.

There was no scoring in the third period.

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NOTES-Jets winger Kyle Connor played in his 500th career game on the night.

Ryan Reaves, John Tavares and Simon Benoit also scored for the Maple Leafs.

Morgan Reilly and Mitch Marner each had two assists for the Maple Leafs.

Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves for Toronto, who moved to 25-14-8.

Dylan Samberg and Mason Appleton scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26 shots for Winnipeg, who dropped to 30-12-5.

Dylan Samberg gave the Jets an early lead 4:11 into the contest when he floated a wrister from the left point through traffic and past Samsonov to make it 1-0.

The goal was his 1st of the season and first in 77 games.

Ryan Reaves tied the game at 19:11 when he redirected Tyler Bertuzzi appeared to put Toronto ahead at 19:50 when he knocked the puck past Hellebuyck but Michael Nylander interfered with the Jet goaltender, shoving him back into the net.

The play was ruled no goal by the officials and upheld upon appeal.

There was no scoring in the second period.

John Tavares gave Toronto the lead on the power play just under two minutes into the third period.

With Dylan DeMelo off for tripping, the Leafs veteran tipped a Morgan Reilly shot past Hellebuyck to make it 2-1 at 1:54.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Auston Matthews gave Toronto a cushion at the 15:28 mark of the third period with a power play goal after he blasted a Mitch Marnner feed from the slot past Hellebuyck to make it 3-1.

The goal was his 40th of the season.

Simon Benoit added an empty netter at 18:22 to seal the win for the Maple Leafs.

Mason Appleton scored with 11.8 seconds left in regulation for the Jets.

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The Flyers, who were playing back-to-back after beating Minnesota in overtime Friday night, played a gritty game and capitalized on their scoring chances. Samuel Ersson turned aside 35 shots for Philadelphia, who moved to 23-14-6.

Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 28-10-4.

The Jets, suffered their first loss in their last eight games.

Cam Atkinson opened the scoring 14:47 into the first when he redirected a Josh Farabee pass through Connor Hellebuyck's pads to put Philadelphia up 1-0.

Atkinson knotted his second goal of the night on the power play at 2:52 into the second when he knocked a rebound off a Morgan Frost shot past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his 10th of the season.

Winnipeg pushed back, getting a scoring chance with 3:26 left in the second but were thwarted bt Ersson when he made a pad save and another with just over a minute left when Josh Morrissey moved in and cranked off a shot but Ersson was equal to the task.

There was no scoring in the third period.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness elected to pull his goaltender with over two minutes reamining in regulation.

Philadelphia visits St. Louis on Monday while Winnipeg hosts the New York Islanders on Tuesday to wrap up a four-game homestand.

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NOTES-Jets C Mark Scheifele missed the game with what the Jets are calling a day-to-day injury.

Brendan Dillon, Josh Morrissey and Gabriel Valardi had the other Jet goals.

Adam Lowry had a pair of assists for the Jets.

Winnipeg moved to 27-9-4 and extended their winning streak to seven games.

Daniil Tarasov turned aside 18 shots for Columbus, who dropped to 13-20-9.

Brendan Dillon opened the scoring 3:12 into the opening period when he joined the rush and his pass attempt to Mark Scheifele went in off of Columbus defenceman Erik Gudbranson's stick.

Cole Sillinger came close to tying it at 7:20 when he hit the goalpost off a wrister from the high slot.

Cole Perfetti slammed a puck past Tarasov from the left post after Dylan Samberg fed him from behind the Blue Jackets goal 10:50 into the second.

Josh Morrissey blew a forty foot slap shot past Tarasov after Adam Lowry cut across the blue line and hit the Jet defenceman with a cross-ice pass that Morrissey unloaded, beating Tarasov high glove side to make it 3-0 Jets at 14:03.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Cole Perfetti scored 3:44 into the third when he intercepted a pass in the Columbus zone before firing the puck past Tarasov on his way to the ice to make it 4-0 Jets.

The goal was his 14th of the season.

Gabriel Vilardi tapped an Adam Lowry cross crease feed past Tarasov to make it 5-0 at 9:29 of the third.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

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NOTES-Jets Centre Mark Scheifele reached 400 career assists on Winnipeg's first goal.

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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