Pittsburgh Penguins vs Winnipeg Jets Match Player Stats On Feb 10, 2024

Nino Niederreiter scored the deciding goal in the first period and Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves Saturday as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a five-game losing streak, topping the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1.

It was a rematch from Tuesday when the Penguins won 3-0 at home.

Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who were 0-4-1 during their skid.

Hellebuyck had lost his previous three starts.

Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins, who lost their second straight on back-to-back nights.

Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry, who had won his previous two starts, made 29 saves. He had been 5-0-0 in his career against the Jets, including back-to-back shutouts.

Penguins forward Jansen Harkins left late in the second period because of an undisclosed injury after he took a hit to his right shoulder area by Jets center Adam Lowry.

Winnipeg played without defenseman Brenden Dillon, who served the second game of a three-game suspension for a hit to the head of Pittsburgh center Noel Acciari on Tuesday. Acciari, diagnosed with a concussion, also was out.

Scheifele gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead at 10:20 of the first. In the Jets' end, Nikolaj Ehlers picked off a pass by Pittsburgh's Jake Guentzel and took off on a two-on-one with Scheifele against Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson. Ehlers got a pass through to Scheifele, who from the left circle beat Jarry short side.

At 15:39 of the first, Niederreiter upped it to 2-0. From the right point, Nate Schmidt ricocheted a pass off the end boards. Niederreiter got to the puck near the right post and swept it in.

With the only goal of the second, the Penguins cut it to 2-1. Karlsson, from along the right-wing boards, sent a pass toward Rust in the lower, inner area of the near circle. Rust, despite being nearly draped by Winnipeg's Morgan Barron, deflected it high past Hellebuyck.

--Field Level Media