Zucker, Eriksson Score Late, Wild Rally Past Jets 3-2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jason Zucker and Joel Eriksson scored 26 seconds apart in the last two minutes of the third period, and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.
Zucker beat a screened Connor Hellebuyck at 18:33, and Eriksson had his goal withstand a review and a goaltender interference challenge by Winnipeg at 18:59.
Brad Hunt had the other goal for Minnesota, and Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves for the Wild, who won all four games against Winnipeg this season.
Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who are 1-4-1 in their last six games.
Hellebuyck stopped 36 shots for Winnipeg.
After a pre-game ceremony to induct Lars-Erik Sjoberg and the late Ab McDonald into the Jets' Hall of Fame, Scheifele kept the fans cheering.
Scheifele scored a power-play goal at 8:53 of the opening period for his first point in six games. Laine had the assist.
Hunt scored on a high shot past a screened Hellebuyck, tying the game at 11:50 of the second. But, 14 seconds later defenseman Ben Chiarot's shot went off Laine for his 29th goal of the season.
Laine stretched his point streak to four games (four goals, two assists). He has goals in his past three games, coinciding with him playing on a line with Scheifele and Blake Wheeler. Laine hadn't scored in 15 games before the change.
Wheeler and Kyle Connor each also recorded an assist, extending their point streaks to four games with five points apiece.
Wild forward Ryan Donato, acquired in a trade with Boston on Feb. 20, had two assists. He has points in each of his first four games with his new team (one goal, five assists).
Winnipeg played its first game without defenseman Josh Morrissey, who's out until at least early April with an upper-body injury after being hit into the boards in last Sunday's 4-1 loss to Arizona.
NOTES: Winnipeg picked up two blue-liners in six trades Monday. Nathan Beaulieu took Morrissey's spot with Jacob Trouba. Defenseman Bogdan Kiselevich didn't arrive until late Tuesday afternoon. Kevin Hayes, who was acquired from the New York Rangers, made his debut with the Jets. He played between left-winger Mathieu Perreault and Nikolaj Ehlers. Winnipeg also added forwards Matt Hendricks from the Minnesota Wild and Par Lindholm from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Both were scratched. Kevin Fiala played his first game for Minnesota after being traded from Nashville. He lined up with center Luke Kunin and left-winger Zach Parise.
UP NEXT
Wild: At Calgary on Saturday.
Jets: Host Nashville on Friday.
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