In Winnipeg, the Ottawa Senators’ Brady Tkachuk scored with just nine seconds left in regulation to defeat the Jets, 2-1, on Saturday evening.
“We want to get two points every night,” Tkachuk said. “We don’t want to play for one and we don’t want to play for overtime. We want to play to win, and I think that’s what our group does. … We’re getting sick and tired of losing. It’s definitely a nice feeling to get a win under our belt.”
Marcus Hogberg made 30 saves. to get the win.
Mark Scheifele was the lone goal scorer for the Jets.
“They clogged up the slot, they made us work for our ice,” Scheifele said. “They made it hard on us, and when a team makes it hard on you like that, you’ve got to find ways to create some offense and create some loose pucks and get in front of their goalie. And we just didn’t do it enough.”
Evgenii Dadonov also scored for the Sens who picked up their third win of the season.
“That’s a good win for us,” Dadonov said. “We’ve been waiting for a long time for the wins, so I hope [losing streaks are] not going to happen more often. The luck has turned our way today. Some games, we play really well but we didn’t win. But today, it turned our way.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves in the loss.
“It’s just communication,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said of the winning goal. “[Hellebuyck has] got the right to go and stop that puck, so it doesn’t get jammed on the wall. He thinks [Derek] Forbort is coming back to play it, so he leaves it. Forbort’s going into the corner because he thinks Connor’s going to give it to him. And then the puck rolled into the trapezoid so Connor can’t move it after that.”
The Jets dropped to 8-5-1.
“It feels really good for myself and for the team too, to get a win here,” he said. “It was a good game by us. A full 60 minutes. I am really proud how the guys played in front of me … It was a really nice win.”
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