Jets edge Blues 3-2 to win second straight game
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each had breakaway goals for the Jets.
Morgan Barron had a pair of assists.
Eric Comrie made 29 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to .500 on the season at 28-28-10.
Dalibor Dvorsky and Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues.
Jordan Binnington turned aside 13 shots for St. Louis, who dropped to 27-30-10.
Haydn Fleury got the Jets on the board just over two and half minutes into the contest when he took a drop pass from Brad Lambert inside the left faceoff circle before snapping a wrister, beating Binnington glove side to make it 1-0 2:31 into the game.
The goal was his first of the season.
Mark Scheifele scored on a breakaway at 7:51 after he chipped the puck past Blues defenceman Cam Fowler at the Jets blueline before swooping in alone on Binnington and beating him with a backhand deke.
The goal was his 31st of the season.
There was no scoring in the second period.
Dalibor Dvorsky got the Blues on the board 5:17 into the third when he redirected a Jonatan Berggren feed past Comrie to make it 2-1.
Dvorsky drove the left post hard and got his blade on Berggren pass which beat Comrie's outstretched blocker.
. Kyle Connor scored on a breakaway 11:53 into the third period when Morgan Barron found him after he snuck behind the Blues defenceman and hit him with a stretch pass.
The Jet winger fired a wrister, beating Binnington blocker side to score his 31st of the season.
Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues with an extra attacker with 51 seconds left in regulation.
SHOTS-ST. LOUIS 31 WINNIPEG 16
ATTENDANCE-14,082
Jets dump Avalanche 3-1 to snap two game losing skid
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
Mark Scheifele had a pair of assists for the Jets.
Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for Winnipeg, who snapped a two-game losing skid to move to 27-28-10.
The Jets moved to within five points of the final Western Conference playoff spot with the win.
Mackenzie Blackwood turned aside 15 shots for Colorado, who dropped to 44-12-9.
There was no scoring in the first period.
Kyle Connor got the Jets on the board first just over two minutes into the second when he skated into a Mark Scheifele feed on the fly before snapping the disc past Blackwood, beating him glove side to make it 1-0 Winnipeg at 2:05.
The goal was his 30th of the season.
Alex Iafallo gave Winnipeg a two-goal lead at 11:52 after getting hit with a Mark Scheifele blast from the point.
The Jet winger let the puck drop and fired it past Blackwood to make it 2-0.
Martin Necas scored at 18:44 of the third with an extra attacker, hammering a Nathan MacKinnon cross-ice feed past Hellebuyck to make it 2-1.
Cole Perfetti scored into an empty net with 42 seconds remaining in regulation after stripping the puck from MacKinnon in the Jets zone.
The goal was his 9th of the season.
SHOTS-COLORADO 28 WINNIPEG 18
ATTENDANCE-14,756
Adam Fox, Tye Karte, Adam Edstrom and Noah Laba also scored for the Rangers.
Vincent Trocheck had a pair of assists.
Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves for New York, who moved to 27-30-8.
Isak Rosen, Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi scored for the Jets.
Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 11 shots for Winnipeg, who dropped to 26-28-10.
The Rangers got on the board just over a minute into the first with a power play marker when Adam Fox beat Hellebuyck with a slap shot from the point through traffic.
The goal was his 5th of the season.
Isak Rosen tied the game 2:21 into the second when he tipped a Jacob Bryson shot from the blue line past Shesterkin to score his first goal as a Jet.
The goal was his 4th of the season.
Alexis Lafreniere restored the one-goal lead at 7:36 when he deflected a Will Borgen shot from the point past Hellebuyck to make it 2-1.
The goal was his 19th of the season.
Kyle Connor tied it late in the second when Mark Scheifele stepped over the blue line on his forehand and hit Connor with a crisp pass.
The Jet winger did the rest, catching Ranger defenceman Adam Fox off guard as he skated around him before beating Shesterkin with a high wrister at 17:49.
The goal was his 29th of the season.
Mark Scheifele nearly gave the Jets the lead 35 seconds into the third when he hit the goal post on a breakaway.
Tye Karte scored 30 seconds later to give New York the lead when he tipped a Matthew Robertson shot from the left point past Hellebuyck to make it 3-2.
Gabriel Vilardi tied it at 4:19 when he converted snapped up a rebound off an Adam Lowry shot before moving to his backhand before sliding it past Shesterkin.
The goal was his 25th of the season.
Gabe Perreault made it 4-3 at 6:57 Braden Schneider spotted the Ranger winger driving the net and hit his stick with a hard pass from the point which he tipped past Hellebuyck.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
Adam Edstrom gave the Rangers a two-goal cushion at 11:08 when he took a Vincent Trocheck feed from the side boards, one timing it past Hellebuyck with a low shot to make it 5-3.
Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel elected to pull his goaltender with 2:17 remaining in regulation.
Noah Laba added an empty netter with 50 seconds left in the third period to seal the win for the Rangers.
SHOTS-NEW YORK 17 WINNIPEG 27
ATTENDANCE-13,763
NOTES-Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo played in his 700th NHL game against the Rangers.
Jets storm Lightning 4-1 to win second straight
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
The win was their second straight after downing the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime Tuesday night.
Morgan Barron and Gustav Nyquist had the other Jet goals.
Tanner Pearson and Alex Iafallo each had a pair of assists.
Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg, Brayden Point scored for the Lightning.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 26 shots for Tampa Bay, There was no scoring in the first period.
Morgan Barron put the Jets on the board first, 15:31 into the second when he snapped a rebound off a Cole Koepke shot on the rush past Vasilevskiy to make it 1-0.
The goal was his 9th of the season.
Mark Scheifele made it 2-0 at 19:42 when he one timed an Alex Iafallo feed past Vasilevskiy, beating him short side from inside the left face off circle.
The goal was his 29th of the season.
Brayden Point pulled the Lightning to within a goal 1:52 into the third after he converted a slick Jake Guentzel feed past Hellebuyck, beating him 7 seconds into a power play with a wrister from the slot.
The goal was his 15th of the season.
Gustav Nyquist restored the two-goal cushion at 5:34 when Jonathan Toews hit him with a crisp pass before Nyquist moved in and beat Vasilevskiy with a wrister to score his first of the season and first as a Winnipeg Jet.
Kyle Connor appeared to have made it 4-1 8:43 into the third after skating from his own blue line before beating Vasilevskiy but the play was successfully challenged by Tampa Bay for being offside.
Connor scored an empty netter at 17:59 to seal the win for Winnipeg.
Both teams see action on Saturday as Winnipeg hosts Vancouver Saturday while Tampa Bay visits Toronto.
SHOTS-TAMPA BAY 27 WINNIPEG 30
ATTENDANCE-13,473
NOTES:The Winnipeg Jets held defenceman Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn out of the lineup with NHL trade deadline approaching tomorrow at 2PM EST.
Oliver Kapanen, Lane Hutson and Phillip Danault scored for the Canadiens.
Samuel Motembeault turned aside shots for Montreal, who moved to 32-17-8.
Kyle Connor scored the lone goal for the Jets, who dropped to 22-26-8.
Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves for Winnipeg, who lost their last game before the Olympic break.
Winnipeg opened the scoring just over six minutes into the first on the power play.
Gabriel Vilardi took a Mark Scheifele feed on the side of the net before hitting a wide open Connor inside the right side faceoff circle. The Jet winger snapped the disc past Motembeault, beating him low blocker side to make it 1-0 Jets.
The goal was his 25th of the season.
Oliver Kapanen tied it 16:26 into the first when he scooped up a rebound off a point shot from Oliver Kapanen and fired it past a sprawling Hellebuyck to make it 1-1.
Montreal took the lead in the second period when Josh Anderson tipped a Jayden Struble shot past Hellebuyck 5:28 into the period.
The goal was his 12th of the season.
Lane Hutson made it 3-1 6:44 into the second when Josh Anderson gained the blue line before sending Hutson in alone on Hellebuyck.
The Canadiens defenceman took the pass on his backhand before switching to his forehand and beat the Winnipeg netminder with a high shot to score his 10th goal of the season.
With Josh Morrissey off for slashing Brendan Gallagher sealed the win with a power play marker 10:57 into the third, converting a Kirby Dach feed to make it 4-1 Montreal.
The goal was his 6th of the season.
Phillip Danault added an empty netter with 13 seconds left in regulation.
SHOTS-MONTREAL WINNIPEG
ATTENDANCE-15,225
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.
SHOTS-DETROIT 31WINNIPEG 26
ATTENDANCE-15,225
Scheifele and Morrissey lead Jets to 3-1 win over Blues
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
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.
SHOTS-ST. LOUISv23 WINNIPEG 16
ATTENDANCE-13,661
Jets win third straight as they edge Islanders 5-4
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
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.
SHOTS-NEW YORK 27 WINNIPEG 22
ATTENDANCE-14,114
Jets edge Devils 4-3 to win their second straight
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
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.
SHOTS-NEW JERSEY 27 WINNIPEG 22
ATTENDANCE-14,165
Scheifele nets pair in second period as Jets snap 11 game losing streak
Written by Philip Paul-Martin
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.
SHOTS-LOS ANGELES 24 WINNIPEG 19
ATTENDANCE-14,412
