The Winnipeg Jets used four second period goals to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 and snap a five game losing streak to jump back into the tight Eastern Conference playoff race. Evander Kane had a goal and an assist and Ondrej Pavelec turned away 30 shots in front of a raucous MTS Centre crowd in the Saturday matinee.
The Jets came out to another slow start as they surrendered the first goal. After the Flyers won a faceoff in the Jets zone, Ruslan Fedetenko tipped in a shot by Kent Huskins that Pavelec never saw. The Jets could only muster 4 shots on Ilya Bryzgalov after 20 minutes.
Midway through the second period, the Jets were firing on all cylinders scoring 4 goals in the span of 7 minutes. Bryan Little made a precise pass to Grant Clitsome in the high slot and Clitsome fired it home to tie the game. The floodgates opened after that as Kyle Wellwood would respond just 27 seconds later with a wrist shot. Just a minute and a half after that, Evander Kane found the puck after a scramble in front of the net and went upstairs on Bryzgalov for his 14th of the year. With a minute left in the second period, Bryan Little capped off the scoring and the Jets would never look back.
Bryan Little talked about the importance of having everyone on the same page. “It definitely takes pressure off when other guys are scoring,” Little said. “You need all your forwards going and need secondary scoring.”
Coach Claude Noel also thought his team played better as a cohesive unit. “I thought our team game was way better. It’s funny when you focus on the team game and when you focus on the accomplishment of winning how the scoring looks after itself and the individual scoring looks after itself,” Noel said.
The Jets will be in action next hosting the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.
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