Thomas Chabot scored twice as the host Ottawa Senators defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Saturday night, lengthening Winnipeg’s winless skid to nine games.
Drake Batherson and Claude Giroux were the other goal scorers for the Senators. Leevi Merilainen made 20 saves in net for Ottawa.
Kyle Connor picked up a goal and an assist, while Adam Lowry also scored for the Jets. Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck made 23 stops.
Lowry scored a short-handed goal at 12:08 of the first period to give the Jets a 1-0 lead. Connor set up the play with a bank pass off the boards to Winnipeg’s captain, who finished off a breakaway with his backhand.
The Senators evened the score before the period ended, with 4:57 remaining. Chabot scored a power-play goal with 6 seconds left on the man advantage after taking a pass in the slot and firing a wrist shot.
It was the fifth straight game the Jets have allowed a goal on the penalty kill.
Chabot scored his second of the game to put Ottawa ahead 2-1 at the 5:56 mark of the second period. He corralled a ricocheting rebound and beat an outstretched Hellebuyck.
Batherson extended the Senators’ lead to 3-1 with a power-play goal with 4:10 left in the second period. He was left wide open and finished after a slick backhand pass from Tim Stutzle, with the goal coming with 17 seconds remaining in a double minor to Logan Stanley.
That assist widened Stutzle’s point streak to 12 games.
The Jets cut the deficit to one with 9:50 left in regulation. Dylan DeMelo’s slap shot rang off the crossbar, and Connor collected the bouncing puck and put it into the net to make it 3-2.
Giroux restored the Senators’ two-goal lead, putting Ottawa ahead 4-2 when his shot deflected off his opponents and into the net with 4:32 remaining in the game.
–Field Level Media
