Dawson Mercer and Kyle Connor each had two goals as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Tuesday.
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Dawson Mercer and Kyle Connor each scored twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
The win extended Winnipeg’s streak to four games and halted New Jersey’s five-game run.
Mercer, the former Devils forward, opened the scoring at 7:54 of the first period with a snap shot from the faceoff circle that beat New Jersey goaltender Jake Allen.
Connor also scored in the first, deflecting Cole Perfetti’s pass past Allen at 15:06 during a two-man advantage.
The Devils got back into the game in the second period with two goals 44 seconds apart to tie the score 2-2.
Jesper Bratt scored at 1:14 on a setup from behind the net by Arseny Gritsyuk, with Jack Hughes also assisting.
Cody Glass tied it at 1:58 when he deflected Jonathan Kovacevic’s shot past Nico Daws; Declan Chisholm also assisted.
In the third, Mercer scored again on the power play at 11:58 to give Winnipeg a 3-2 lead.
Connor then sealed the result with an unassisted empty-net goal, after the Devils had trailed by two goals following the first period.
Daws made 19 saves for the Jets, while Allen stopped 21 shots for New Jersey.
Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele picked up an assist on Connor’s first goal, moving into a second-place tie with Dale Hawerchuk in all-time assists in franchise history with 550.
A capacity crowd of 15,321 fans was at Canada Life Centre, where the Jets booed and chanted “Helle Sucks!” because former Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck did not start against Winnipeg in their first meeting since Winnipeg traded him to New Jersey.
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