NHL - New Jersey Devils @ Winnipeg Jets 3-1 - Saturday, January 23, 2016

Lee Stempniak scored twice against his former team to help the New Jersey Devils to their fourth consecutive win, a 3-1 victory against the Jets at MTS Centre. Devils goaltender Cory Schneider made 22 saves in his 11th start in the past 12 games. He had a shutout until Dustin Byfuglien scored on a power-play goal for the Jets with 5:09 remaining. Schneider's NHL-leading 41st game was the 26th time in his past 34 starts that he has allowed two goals or fewer. Jacob Josefson also scored for the Devils, who moved past the Pittsburgh Penguins into fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Michael Cammalleri had two assists. The Jets lost their third game in a row and remain last in the Central Division with one win in their past six home games.
Rookie Connor Hellebuyck, who started for the 18th time in the past 20 games, had 13 saves. The Jets did not re-sign Stempniak, a late-season addition in a trade with the New York Rangers, after he had six goals in 18 regular-season games to help the Jets reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2007. He has flourished with New Jersey. His 13th goal opened the scoring for the Devils, who are 17-0-3 when scoring first. Toby Enstrom and Blake Wheeler of the Jets collided at the Winnipeg blue line, allowing Cammalleri to pull away with the loose puck before sending a pass to the crease that Stempniak tapped past Hellebuyck at 11:41.
The Devils outshot the Jets 10-4 in the first period and had a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. New Jersey made it 2-0 on its second shot of the second period at 15:49, with Josefson taking a pass from David Schlemko and one-timing a right-circle shot on his off wing high past Hellebuyck. Josefson's second goal of the season was his first in 12 games.
Stempniak's 14th goal moved the lead to 3-0 at 8:42 of the third, when he tipped Adam Henrique's left-side shot through a screen past Hellebuyck. Stempniak's two-goal game gave him five goals and two assists in his past six games. He has points in 16 of his past 25 games (nine goals, nine assists).
Byfuglien's goal made it 3-1 and was Winnipeg's fourth in its past four games.
Winnipeg held New Jersey to 16 shots, but couldn’t generate much offense. The Devils will play the Penguins on Tuesday looking for their fifth straight win.

Jets Quotes

Paul Maurice: "The morale is going to be low, and it should be after you lose three games. The confidence is earned. The only way you have to change your fortunes is to work harder."
Bryan Little: "We're just struggling to put the puck in the net."
Blake Wheeler: "It's not good enough. We're not doing moral victories here at all. We've just got to find a way to come out on top. At the very least, get a point here or there because three straight losses where we're at isn't going to get it done. I won't stop believing in our group. I won't stop believing in what we have in here until they shut the lights off, but I'm not going to pretend like it's easy right now."