Mark Scheifele scored two goals to help the Winnipeg Jets end an 11-game winless streak with a 5-1 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.
It was the longest winless streak for the Jets since they moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011. Before Friday, they had not won since defeating the visiting Washington Capitals 5-1 on Dec. 13.
Vladislav Namestnikov, Cole Koepke and Jonathan Toews also scored; Gabriel Vilardi and Cole Perfetti had two assists each; and Eric Comrie made 23 saves for the Jets, who were 0-7-4 in their previous 11 games.
For Los Angeles, Quinton Byfield scored and Darcy Kuemper made 11 saves on 16 shots before he was replaced at the start of the third by Anton Forsberg, who stopped all three shots he faced. The Kings have lost two in a row and 10 of 14 (4-7-3).
Capitals 5, Blackhawks 1
Connor McMichael had a goal and assist and John Carlson, Martin Fehervary and Ryan Leonard earned two assists apiece to lift visiting Washington to a victory against Chicago.
Anthony Beauvillier, Ethen Frank, Justin Sourdif and Alex Ovechkin also scored for the Capitals, while Logan Thompson made 23 saves on 24 shots. Oliver Moore scored for Chicago, which saw its season-high four-game winning streak snapped despite the return of star center Connor Bedard from a shoulder injury.
Plagued by the flu, the Blackhawks were missing multiple regulars as well as both goaltenders, prompting the recall of netminder Drew Commesso from AHL affiliate Rockford. Commesso stopped 19 of 24 shots in his third NHL appearance and first career home start after yielding three goals on six shots in the first period.
Mammoth 4, Jets 2
Nick Schmaltz had two goals and an assist, and Utah extended its winning streak to three games with a victory against St. Louis in Salt Lake City.
Clayton Keller had three assists, Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist and Sean Durzi also scored for the Mammoth, whose streak is their longest since a seven-game run from Oct. 15-26. Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves.
Oskar Sundqvist and Pavel Buchnevich scored, and Joel Hofer made 19 saves for the Blues, who have lost two straight and four of their past six games (2-4-0).
–Field Level Media
