NHL - Jets - Round Up February 02-07, 2017

Jets @ Stars 4-3 - Thursday, February 02, 2017

Ondrej Pavelec made 39 saves for the Winnipeg Jets in a 4-3 win against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center. Pavelec made 14 saves in the third period to help Winnipeg (25-25-4) win a third straight game for the first time this season. Bryan Little gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead at 6:50 of the first period on a wrist shot over Kari Lehtonen's left shoulder. Dallas (21-21-10) tied it 1-1 when John Klingberg scored on the power play at 11:55. Klingberg picked up an initial shot by Jamie Benn and beat Pavelec on the stick side. Benn gave Dallas a 2-1 lead at 13:59. Pavelec couldn't hold Patrik Nemeth's initial shot and Benn scored on the rebound. Mark Scheifele tied it 2-2 with 53 seconds remaining in the first, and gave Winnipeg a 3-2 lead during a 5-on-3 power play at 5:55 of the second. Nikolaj Ehlers gave the Jets a 4-2 lead at 12:51 of the second, and Patrick Eaves cut the lead to 4-3 when he scored on a rebound at 17:58.

Benn hit the post at 15:03 of the third period on a wrist shot.

* Winnipeg took advantage of a turnover by Lehtonen and Ehlers scored into a vacated net.

* Pavelec stopped Tyler Seguin on a one-timer in the second period when Winnipeg led 3-2.

* Pavelec stopped Benn on a shorthanded breakaway 22 seconds before Scheifele gave the Jets the lead.
"It happened so quick. It was probably first breakaway of my career 5-on-3," Pavelec said. "So I didn't expect that, but I was just waiting for his move. I think we were both patient and waiting for what the other guy was [going to] do. It's a huge thing in this game to be patient. I tried to wait, wait and make the save."

* The Jets blocked four shots in the final 45 seconds, including one by Dustin Byfuglien with four seconds remaining.

"Our guys had a lot of blocks in there," Pavelec said. "It was good, you need that block. It's a really tight game, you need the luck to win the game."
* Scheifele scored his 25th goal; he had 29 last season. … Jets forward Mathieu Perreault played 8:11 after missing three games with a hand injury. … Stars forward Jason Spezza left the game after getting hit by Adam Lowry in the third period and is going to miss some time, Ruff said.
"Some high-end ones, too, on high-end shooters. The ones he could see and then a few that he didn't see until late. He was just tracking the puck so well. Best player on the ice." Paul Maurice said.

"Obviously, [Pavelec's] played in this league a long time. He's confident back there, a little bit of a calming presence back there, not a lot fazes him. We've been playing well in front of him. We've just got to continue to do that." Mark Scheifele

Jets @ Colorado Avalanche 2-5 - Saturday, February 02, 2017

Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist to help the Colorado Avalanche end a nine-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Pepsi Center. Matt Nieto scored twice, including an empty-net goal with 38 seconds left, for the Avalanche (14-33-2). Matt Duchene tied his NHL career high with three assists, and Calvin Pickard made 23 saves to end his three-game losing streak. Colorado was 0-8-1, with five home losses in a row, since a 2-1 overtime victory against the New York Islanders on Jan. 6. Ondrej Pavelec made 23 saves for the Jets (25-26-4), who ended a four-game road trip 3-1-0. Colorado took a 3-2 lead at 8:03 of the second period on Nieto's third goal of the season. He passed to Patrick Wiercioch for a shot that bounced off the end boards into the right circle and knocked the puck into an open net. Carl Soderberg made it 4-2 at 2:04 of the third period by converting Iginla's pass for his fifth goal, first in 24 games. Winnipeg, which trailed 1-0 and 2-1, tied it 2-2 on a power-play goal by Adam Lowry, his second goal of the game, 29 seconds into the second period. He converted the rebound of Blake Wheeler's shot for his ninth goal. Lowry ended a 21-game drought with a first-period goal. Iginla made it 1-0 at 5:27 on a power play for his seventh of the season and 618th of his NHL career, seven behind Colorado general manager Joe Sakic, who is 15th all-time. Iginla scored from the top of the left circle with a wrist shot inside the near post. The Jets tied it 1-1 at 9:35 on Lowry's first goal before Nathan MacKinnon put the Avalanche in front 2-1 at 14:35 with his 12th.

* Soderberg gave the Avalanche a two-goal lead with a shot that beat Pavelec to the stick side.

* Pavelec stopped MacKinnon, who was open in the slot, at 6:00 of the second period.

* Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov had three hits, including one on Jets forward Mark Scheifele at 9:42 of the third period that resulted in a charging penalty.

"Man, did he level some guys," Duchene said.
* Duchene won 20 of 24 faceoffs (83 percent), the second highest total of his NHL career.
* Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie was scratched because of a lower-body injury. ... Jets forward Drew Stafford took part in warmups but missed his sixth consecutive game because of a lower-body injury. "We'll get another [practice] on him and if he clears that then he'll be able to play," Maurice said. ... Defenseman Mark Barberio played 20:31 in his Colorado debut after being claimed on waivers Thursday from the Montreal Canadiens.


"We had a number of players, and a big number, that weren't at their A game. Our goaltender was really good again and we didn't have a whole lot going up front. We didn't spend enough time in the offensive zone, which is what we're really good at." Paul Maurice said.
"Give credit to the Avalanche, they played a solid game and didn't really give us a lot of opportunities. We got caught puck-watching a little too much tonight. For whatever reason, their speed kind of dictated the game." Adam Lowry

Wild @ Jets 4-2 - Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Jason Pominville had two goals and two assists, and Devan Dubnyk made 38 saves for the Minnesota Wild in a 4-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre. Minnesota (35-12-5) won three of four games on its road trip through Western Canada and Winnipeg, and has won five of its past six. The Wild, who lead the Western Conference, are 3-0-0 this season against the Jets. Dubnyk has 29 wins, tied for the NHL lead with Sergei Bobrovsky of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Nino Niederreiter (at 11:51) and Pominville (with 41 seconds left) scored in the first period for Minnesota. The Wild took a 3-0 lead 2:33 into the second period on Pominville's second. Niederreiter scored into an empty net with 1:19 remaining in the third period. Charlie Coyle, who played the first and second periods at center between Niederreiter and Pominville, had three assists for Minnesota. In the third, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau went down to three lines to try to protect the lead and used Coyle on a line with center Eric Staal and left wing Zach Parise. Bryan Little and Joel Armia scored second-period goals for the Jets (25-27-4), who outshot the Wild 40-25. Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec, making his eighth start in the past nine games, left at 6:15 of the second period with a lower-body injury. Connor Hellebuyck replaced Pavelec and made saves on all 10 shots he faced. Wild forward Mikael Granlund failed to score on a penalty shot at 3:48 of the third period, and his NHL season-high point streak ended at 12 games. Granlund was awarded the penalty shot after Winnipeg defenseman Dustin Byfuglien shot Jason Zucker's dropped stick at him in the Jets zone.

* Niederreiter scored his first goal off the rush, using Winnipeg defenseman Josh Morrissey as a screen and snapping a hard shot past Pavelec.

* Dubnyk turned away two shots by Byfuglien with less than four minutes remaining in the second period. He made a right-pad save on Byfuglien's slap shot from the top of the right faceoff circle with 3:47 remaining before getting his glove on the defenseman's wrist shot from the right circle with 3:41 remaining.

* Minnesota defenseman Jared Spurgeon saved a sure goal at 7:50 of the second period. Byfuglien's point shot was deflected by Adam Lowry, went off Dubnyk's shoulder, dropped in the crease, and spun toward the goal line. Spurgeon dove and played the puck to the boards, barely beating Winnipeg center Mark Scheifele's diving attempt to knock it in.

* In addition to his diving save, Spurgeon was plus-1 and led the Wild with four blocked shots in 26:35.

* Coyle had one assist in his previous six games. ... Little, who missed the first two games of the season against Minnesota because of injury, has eight goals in the past nine games. He has 12 points (eight goals, four assists) in that span. ... The Wild go home for eight straight games at Xcel Energy Center. ... The Jets announced Tuesday that defenseman Tyler Myers had surgery to repair a lower-body injury Monday and will be out 6-8 weeks. They have dressed their top six defensemen for one game this season, on Nov. 11.

Jets Quotes

"Against the best team in our conference, I think we were better than they were over the course of the game. I know we're a [heck] of lot better than we've been in a long time." Paul Maurice said.
"You can't take the effort from us. We've had problems with that this year, but if we can have the effort, and get a few lucky bounces, I think we have a good chance of winning these games." Nikolaj Ehlers

Wild Quotes

"[Coyle] was buzzing, moving well, made some plays. A couple of turnovers and we were able to get some rushes and we were able to pick corners. That's always nice. He looked good in both positions. He's a big part of the team. Nice that he got rewarded tonight."
"I feel good. I feel comfortable. I don't know if I'm doing a lot of things different, but I'm just getting rewarded a little more for it." Pominville said.
"I thought [Coyle] was our best player. Nothing in this team surprises me right now. I mean, it seems like there's a different hero every night. Charlie [Coyle] is a good player, and he doesn't get a lot of notice." Boudreau said.