Jets soar past Coyotes
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Nikolaj Ehlers, Andrew Copp and Blake Wheeler scored goals as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Thursday night at Gila River Arena.
Mark Scheifele picked up his 10th assist, and leads the NHL with 19 points.
Ehlers' wrist shot with just less than four minutes to play gave the Jets a 3-1 advantage.
Tobias Rieder scored with two seconds left as the Coyotes pulled their goalie, but it was too little, too late.
Winnipeg hiked its record to 4-0 when they take a lead into the final period. On the flip side, the Coyotes are 1-5 when trailing after two periods.
The Jets scored first with Copp getting his second goal in back-to-back games. Scheifele and Toby Enstrom were credited with assists on the goal at 4:50 into the first period.
Scheifele has six assists and four goals in a four-game streak.
The Coyotes tied it at 1 with 10:12 left in the opening period. Jordan Martinook was hemmed in behind the Jets goal, but managed to get the puck out to Radim Vrbata, who slammed it past Connor Hellebuyck for his fifth goal. Jamie McGinn picked up his third assist of the season on the goal.
The Coyotes held the Jets to three shots on goal in the first, which is the fewest shots allowed by Arizona in a period this season.
The Jets took a 2-1 lead into the third period when Blake Wheeler, who was the Coyotes 2006 first-round draft pick, scored his fourth goal at 10:18 of the second period. Nic Petan and Tyler Myers each picked up their third assist on Wheeler's goal.
The Jets, who play three games in four nights, continue this trip with a Friday night game at Colorado.
NOTES: The Coyotes reassigned LW Tyler Gaudet to Tucson, the club's American Hockey League affiliate. Gaudet made his Coyotes debut Tuesday at Colorado and has five points in eight games with the Roadrunners. ... Coyotes C Martin Hanzel remained sidelined with a lower-body injury. ... Coyotes prospect Clayton Keller, a freshman at Boston University, suffered a lower-body injury on Saturday, is listed as week-to-week. The Coyotes selected Keller seventh overall in this year's NHL draft. ... D Jacob Trouba, who re-signed with the Jets on Monday, a two-year contract with a base salary of $6 million, did not play against the Coyotes as he continues to get in NHL-game shape. Trouba has 23 games and 72 points over 211 games in his first three NHL seasons. ... Coyotes D Michael Stone remains sidelined with a lower-body injury, while C Dylan Strome and D Kevin Connauton were healthy scratches.