Mark Scheifele snapped a 12-game scoring drought with three power-play goals, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night.
Kyle Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets (32-25-5), who improved to 7-2-1 over their last 10 and moved into the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Laurent Brossoit made 29 saves for his sixth win of the season.
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Mark Scheifele snapped a 12-game scoring drought with three power-play goals, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night.
Newly acquired Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo faced his former team in his first game with Winnipeg. The Senators traded DeMelo to the Jets on Tuesday night in exchange for a third-round pick.
The Jets extended their lead early in the second when Connor won the battle for position in front of the net and jammed home a loose puck.
Scheifele then scored twice in a span of 1:11 to hit the 25-goal mark for the year.
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Nick Paul scored for the Senators (21-29-11). Marcus Hogberg stopped 29 shots.
Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (7) controls the puck as teammate right wing Connor Brown (28) battles Winnipeg Jets defenseman Tucker Poolman (3) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Fred ChartrandThe Canadian Press via AP)
Newly acquired Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo faced his former team in his first game with Winnipeg. The Senators traded DeMelo to the Jets on Tuesday night in exchange for a third-round pick.
Trailing 4-1, the Senators pushed back in the third, but were unable to find a way to beat Brossoit again.
Scheifele made it a hat trick when he scored late in the period.
Ottawa Senators right wing Tyler Ennis (63) and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk (4) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Fred ChartrandThe Canadian Press via AP)
The Jets extended their lead early in the second when Connor won the battle for position in front of the net and jammed home a loose puck.
Winnipeg made it 4-1 just over a minute later. Ehlers beat Ron Hainsey to a rebound in front and put it past Hogberg.
Paul opened the scoring with a wrist shot from the slot, giving the Senators a 1-0 lead 11:50 into the first.
Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) skates with the puck as Ottawa Senators' Tyler Ennis (63) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Fred ChartrandThe Canadian Press via AP)
Scheifele then scored twice in a span of 1:11 to hit the 25-goal mark for the year.
Ottawa's Drake Batherson was involved in his first NHL fight when he dropped the gloves with Winnipeg's Jansen Harkins in the first period.
NOTES: Ottawa G Anders Nilsson has been practicing with his teammates, but there remains no date for his return following a concussion. ... D Cody Goloubef was placed on waivers by the Senators.
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo (12) and Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (7) look down ice towards the play during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Fred ChartrandThe Canadian Press via AP)
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Jets: Visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Senators: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
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Winnipeg Jets' Blake Wheeler (26) battles for the puck with Ottawa Senators' Connor Brown (28) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Fred ChartrandThe Canadian Press via AP)