WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) 鈥� Kyle Connor scored his second goal of the game on a 3-on-1 break in overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over Arizona on Sunday night, extending the Coyotes鈥� losing streak to 12 games.
Connor scored from the right side after two Arizona's Nick Schmaltz and Sean Durzi collided and fell in the other end of the ice after a failed breakaway attempt.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to work our way out of this and it sucks,鈥� Schmaltz said. 鈥淲e get a grade-A look in overtime there, (Durzi) makes a heck of a move and (we) just collide and it鈥檚 tough, 3-on-1, so it鈥檚 frustrating for sure.鈥�
Scheifele had a goal and three assists, Gabriel Vilardi also scored and Josh Morrissey had three assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves to help Winnipeg improve to 36-15-5 with its third straight victory and sixth in seven games.
Schmaltz scored twice, Matias Maccelli added a goal and Connor Ingram stopped 28 shots for Arizona in the opener of a five-game trip. The Coyotes dropped to 23-29-5, going 0-10-2 during the skid.
鈥淵ou can see even in our situation where we have a terrible streak, the guys never stop fighting,鈥� Arizona coach Andre Tourigny said. 鈥淭hey never stop working for each other and having the back of each other, so there鈥檚 a lot of positive in that process.鈥�
Arizona, the franchise that began play in Winnipeg in the World Hockey Association. hasn鈥檛 beaten Winnipeg since Nov. 29, 2021. Winnipeg has won all four games against the Coyotes this season, and 10 consecutive matches.
Coyotes forward Clayton Keller left the game in the second period and the team announced the scoring leader wouldn鈥檛 return because of an upper-body injury.
鈥淥bviously (Keller) is an important player, but the way the guys reacted, they didn鈥檛 lose a beat,鈥� Tourigny said. 鈥淲hen (Keller) went down, we had the momentum and we kept the momentum.鈥�
The Jets led 3-1 after the first period, with Maccelli scoring early in the second and Schmaltz 1:04 into the third to tied it.
The teams combined for three power-play goals in the first period.
Scheifele opened the scoring at even strength at 2:06, and Schmaltz tied it on the power play with 6:15 left. Connor scored a minute later with the man advantage, and Vilardi made it 3-1 on a power play with goal with 3:26 to go.
Connor leads the Jets with 23 goals. He has scored in three straight games and extended his points streak to a season-high five games.
鈥淗e鈥檚 hitting it well and he鈥檚 going to the right areas,鈥� Scheifele said about Connor. 鈥淗e鈥檚 making a lot of little plays that not a lot of people see. He鈥檚 been fun to play with.鈥�
UP NEXT
Coyotes: At Montreal on Tuesday night in second of a five-game trip.
Jets: Host St. Louis on Tuesday night to finish a two-game homestand.
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