Things started well for the Jets when Kyle Connor flipped the puck off the boards onto Adam Lowry’s tape, setting him up for a short-handed breakaway. Lowry defeated Leevi Merilainen in five holes and opened the scoring with his third of the season at 12:08. The goal tied Lowry for the most shorthanded goals in franchise history.
Thomas Chabot tied the game 1-1 at 15:03 on the power play. Brady Tkachuk worked the puck up front to Chabot, who fired a shot past Connor Hellebuyck despite his stick exploding on the play.
The game remained tied after 20 minutes, with Ottawa holding a 9-5 advantage in shots.
Chabot scored his second of the game to give the Senators their first lead 5:56 into the second period. Hellebuyck, mid-sprawl, attempted a two-pad stack, but Chabot lifted the puck over the 6-foot-2 goaltender.
Drake Batherson added his 16th of the season on the power play at 3:50, firing a shot past Hellebuyck’s blocker to make it 3-1 Ottawa.
The Senators led 3-1 going into the second intermission while outscoring Winnipeg 18-10.
Kyle Connor pulled the Jets within one midway through the third period, knocking in Dylan DeMelo’s slap shot that went off the post for his 19th of the year.
Ottawa restored its two-goal lead with less than five minutes remaining when Claude Giroux snuck a float past Hellebuyck for his eighth of the season, a goal the Jets netminder would want back.
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