WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Patrik Laine scored his 32rd and 33rd goals of the season to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday night.
Dustin Byfuglien and Ben Chiarot also scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his 33rd victory of the season. Winnipeg has won six of its last eight games to improve to 38-17-9.
Niklas Kronwall, Anthony Mantha and Trevor Daley scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard stopped 38 shots.
Winnipeg Jets’ Mathieu Perreault (85) is tripped by Detroit Red Wings’ Danny DeKeyser (65) as Dylan Larkin (71) looks for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Kronwall opened the scoring midway through the first period on Detroit’s only power play.
Winnipeg responded with two goals in a 26-second span to take the lead.
Just 38 seconds after Kronwall’s goal, Laine scored his first with a wrist shot following a Detroit turnover. Chiarot added his first goal of the season with a soaring shot from the perimeter.
Byfuglien’s chip-in put Winnipeg up 4-2, but Detroit responded with Mantha’s 21st of the season and Daley’s eighth. Laine broke the tie midway through the second with a quick wrister.
NOTES: Winnipeg was 0 for 3 on the power play. … After playing 12 of their last 14 at home, the Jets head out on a six-game trip
UP NEXT:
Red Wings: At Minnesota on Sunday night.
Jets: At Carolina on Sunday night.
Winnipeg Jets’ Dustin Byfuglien (33) scores on Detroit Red Wings goalile Jimmy Howard (35) as Jets’ Matt Hendricks (15) and Red Wings’ Niklas Kronwall (55) watch during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets’ Patrik Laine (29) celebrates his goal with teammates Nikolaj Ehlers (27) and Paul Stastny (25), against the Detroit Red Wings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets’ Mathieu Perreault (85) and Detroit Red Wings’ Henrik Zetterberg (40) chase down the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Detroit Red Wings’ Niklas Kronwall (55) celebrates his goal against the Winnipeg Jets with teammates Henrik Zetterberg (40), Justin Abdelkader (8), Frans Nielson (51) and Gustav Nyquist (14) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Detroit Red Wings’ Luke Glendening (41) checks Winnipeg Jets’ Andrew Copp (9) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets’ Ben Chiarot, center, celebrates his goal against the Detroit Red Wings with teammates Bryan Little (18) and Joe Morrow (70) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets’ Tyler Myers (57) checks Detroit Red Wings’ Justin Abdelkader (8) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 2, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
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