Scheifele scores 3 times as Jets beat Senators 5-1

Mark Scheifele snapped a 12-game scoring drought with three power-play goals, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1

OTTAWA, Ontario —
Mark Scheifele snapped a 12-game scoring drought with three power-play goals, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night.

Kyle Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets (32-25-5), who improved to 7-2-1 over their last 10 and moved into the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Laurent Brossoit made 29 saves for his sixth win of the season.

Nick Paul scored for the Senators (21-29-11). Marcus Hogberg stopped 29 shots.

Newly acquired Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo faced his former team in his first game with Winnipeg. The Senators traded DeMelo to the Jets on Tuesday night in exchange for a third-round pick.

Trailing 4-1, the Senators pushed back in the third, but were unable to find a way to beat Brossoit again.

Scheifele made it a hat trick when he scored late in the period.

The Jets extended their lead early in the second when Connor won the battle for position in front of the net and jammed home a loose puck.

Winnipeg made it 4-1 just over a minute later. Ehlers beat Ron Hainsey to a rebound in front and put it past Hogberg.

Paul opened the scoring with a wrist shot from the slot, giving the Senators a 1-0 lead 11:50 into the first.

Scheifele then scored twice in a span of 1:11 to hit the 25-goal mark for the year.

Ottawa’s Drake Batherson was involved in his first NHL fight when he dropped the gloves with Winnipeg’s Jansen Harkins in the first period.

NOTES: Ottawa G Anders Nilsson has been practicing with his teammates, but there remains no date for his return following a concussion. … D Cody Goloubef was placed on waivers by the Senators.

UP NEXT

Jets: Visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Senators: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

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