Jets 4, Canadiens 2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Mark Scheifele recorded a hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets ended a six-game losing skid at home with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Scheifele's third goal was an empty-netter with 29 seconds left in the game. It was the third-year center's first NHL hat trick and he now has a team-leading and career-high 20 goals for Winnipeg (27-32-5).
Rookie Andrew Copp recorded his third goal of the season.
Alex Galchenyuk scored his 20th and 21st goals of the season for the Canadiens (30-30-6). Max Pacioretty had a pair of assists for Montreal, which went 0-3-1 on a four-game road trip.
Ondrej Pavelec made 26 saves for the Jets, while Mike Condon stopped 25 of the 29 shots he faced for the Habs.
The teams were tied 1-1 going into the third period when Winnipeg got a turnover in Montreal's end.
Ben Chiarot got the puck at the point and fired a shot Copp deflected past Condon at 5:57.
Montreal evened it up at 9:44 after Galchenyuk tipped a long shot by Greg Pateryn and the puck went between Pavelec's pads.
Scheifele made it 3-2 at 13:01 with a redirection of a Drew Stafford shot.
After a scoreless first period, Scheifele began his big night with an unassisted goal at 4:10 of the second, capitalizing on a turnover by defenseman P.K Subban.
Subban lost control the puck just inside the blue line, Scheifele picked it up, went in alone on Condon and put a backhand shot by him as he was falling.
The lead was short-lived due to a slick pass by Pacioretty.
At the side of Winnipeg's net with his back to the play, Pacioretty passed the puck through his legs to Galchenyuk in front of the crease and he beat Pavelec at 5:23 for his 20th goal of the season.
NOTES: Jets rookie LW Nikolaj Ehlers was a scratch after a shot hit his visor in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders on Thursday. Ehlers' visor broke and he suffered cuts around an eye and blood in the chamber of an eye. He has been playing on the Jets' top line and is out indefinitely ... Jets RW Anthony Peluso (upper body) will miss three to four weeks after crashing into the net in the same game. D Jacob Trouba suffered an upper-body injury and is also out. ... Jets RW JC Lipon and D Josh Morrissey were recalled from the AHL Manitoba Moose. Morrissey made his NHL debut. ... Montreal had a season-low 15 shots on goal in a 3-2 loss to Los Angeles on Thursday. ... Canadiens C Tomas Plekanec and Jets G Ondrej Pavelec are from Kladno, Czech Republic. ... RW Brendan Gallagher left in the first period and Montreal said he had a lower-body injury.