In Winnipeg Friday, the Jets shook off a pesky Colorado Avalanche tea late in the third period to take 5-2 win.
Blake Wheeler struck for a goal late to seal and had four assists on the night.
“Well, the weapons we have are pretty special,” Wheeler said. “I’m the guy getting them the puck. They make the passer look good. The guys that shoot like [Mark Scheifele] and [Patrik Laine] are incredibly rare. And you stack them up on one power play, it’s really hard to stop that.”
Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers, and Laine all scored for the Jets.
“He just sees the ice so well,” Scheifele said. “He reads the option so well. He reads the defender’s sticks so well. When it’s on his stick, he manipulates those defenders to put their sticks where he wants to and throws it into that spot where his stick just was. He’s pretty special at doing it.”
Winnipeg improved to 9-51.
Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves to get the win.
Erik Johnson and Tyson Jost scored for the Avs.
“Too many mistakes and turnovers with the puck led to chances against,” Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said. “But you know, all those odd-man rushes and scoring chances against, it’s mostly on us, not on them.”
Colorado has lost five straight and dropped to 7-6-3 with the team gripping sticks a little tighter these days.
“I think leaders on this team got to get on this now,” Johnson said. “We’ve got to stop the bleeding and string some wins together here.”
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Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves in the loss.
“It’s always hard to start the games when you’re down like one or two goals,” Varlamov said. “But it doesn’t matter even if you’re down, like it’s only one or two goals. You know, I mean we have enough skill on this team to score like five.”
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