In Winnipeg, the Carolina Hurricanes’ Martin Necas and Vincent Trocheck scored power play goals in the second and third periods, respectively, to snap a 2-2 tie in the middle 
frame and gain some breathing room in a 4-2 win over the Jets on Tuesday night.
Frederik Andersen made 16 saves in the Canes win.
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the Jets; their goals rallied Winnipeg back from an 0-2 deficit to a tie.
The Jets dropped to 12-9-4.
Carolina improved to 17-6-1.
“It was a solid game right from start to finish,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We had a couple hiccups there in the second and that’s pretty much it for the whole game. It was a solid game. I think we’ve played like this for the last couple weeks. We weren’t able to score in a couple of those other games, but I thought the penalty kill was great tonight, obviously. That was a huge part of the game.”
Jaccob Slavin and Sebastian Aho scored for the Canes to give them a 2-0 lead, the Jets called for a review of the Aho goal.
“I make that call, not based on whether I think there was goalie interference, it’s do I think there is enough goalie interference there to get it overturned, and I think it is,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said. “I make that same call, regardless of what the reason [from] the referees would be. To me, there’s enough goaltending interference on that play to make that call and make it every single time it comes like that again.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves in the Winnipeg loss.
“Ebbs and flows — a roller coaster,” Hellebuyck said of the Jets’ 2-2-0 homestand. “We played some good hockey. We can’t let this beat us up. It’s still a long season ahead of us. We have to keep growing and building our game and building our details.”
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