In Edmonton, the visiting Winnipeg Jets got two third period goals from Kyle Connor and defeated the Oilers, 4-2, on Wednesday night.
Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves in the win.
“It was a weird game. We had some pretty awesome efforts at our goal line to keep pucks out,” Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler said. “Our goalie was really good again, and I think we just kind of stayed with it and allowed the game to evolve and we were able to get some opportunities that we were able to capitalize on.”
Wheeler had a goal and two points for the Jets.
Connor McDavid and Tyler Ennis scored for the Oilers.
“That’s karma. We’ve had a couple of games where we’ve gotten points where we probably didn’t deserve points,” McDavid said. “Tonight, I thought our game was pretty good, but we don’t get any points. That’s the way it goes.”
Patrik Laine scored his 28th of the season for the Jets.
“I really liked our start; it was perfect in a lot of ways,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said. “I didn’t think we were great when the other team scored; I thought the momentum shifts were bigger. I think at the end of the day, what’s fair to say is that we had far better offense in our last game in here (a 3-2 loss on Feb. 29) and they had far better offense in this game, and the goaltenders were the difference in the game.”
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Mike Smith made 21 saves in the loss.
“We had more chances, we played better as a team tonight than we did the last few games,” Oilers head coach Dave Tippett said. “We didn’t capitalize on some chances and made a couple of mistakes that they capitalized on. That was the difference in the game.”
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