In Winnipeg,Connor Hellebuyck made saves in his 18th career shutout for the Jets, a 409 decision over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
“We’re doing some good things right now,” Hellebuyck said. “So get the mind right and come out and battle super hard in practice, it does show in the game.”
Kyle Connor struck twice for the Jets.
“At this time of the year as we go down the stretch, you’re going to have games like this where you play well and you don’t win,” Vancouver coach Travis Green said. “We’ve got to regroup and come back at home and play another good game again.”
Jack Roslovic and Blake Wheeler had single markers for the Jets.
“That was pretty much the most perfect opportunity you’ll ever get,” Hellebuyck said. “It stops right there, I could skate up and do it. Only problem was, the puck turned on me a little bit. You’d like to be up by two and you’d like to have it in front of the net. Pekka Rinne did (for the Nashville Predators) it recently (Jan. 9), and he’s pretty gifted in that aspect, obviously. I liked my try.”
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Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves in the loss.
“We’ve been strong lately at home,” Vancouver center Elias Pettersson said. “We played good today, but we’ve been strong lately at home. Hopefully we can continue with that, and hopefully we can get two more wins before the break.”
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