In Winnipeg, the Jets won their fourth straight, with a decision 3-1 decision over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
Kyle Connor struck for two of the Jets goals.
“He doesn’t need much time to get the puck off his stick,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “He’s very quick to holes, so Mark [Scheifele] and Blake [Wheeler] are so strong on the puck they can buy that half second for Kyle to find a hole, and he’s going to get it off his stick real quick, so it’s tough for goalies to handle.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves to grab the win.
Rasmus Ristolainen had the lone Sabres goal.
The Sabres lost all four games on their road trip.
“No points in four games, we’re looking at that in the eyes,” Buffalo head coach Ralph Krueger said of the four-game road trip. “We’re not happy with that. We’re going home grumpy and upset. But we also played some really good periods, we are a group in growth with an amazing fight-back. These guys just don’t quit, which I’m pleased about.”
Tucker Poolman also scored for the Jets.
“I think it’s just a mindset, playing our game,” the Jets’ Blake Wheeler said. “We’re pretty good at a certain way of playing, and we’re not when we try to do some other things. You don’t go out there saying let’s shut them down defensively, you go out there with the mindset that you’re going to play with speed and do the right things offensively so that you’re limiting some of the odd-man rushes they might get the other way or some of the big chances they can get the other way for easy offense.”
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Carter Hutton made 32 saves in another loss with no offensive support from the team in front of the crease.
“I thought we played a pretty good first period,” Ristolainen said. “They just had a few chances. They scored, and we couldn’t capitalize on our chances.”
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