After giving up two different leads and a short-handed goal, the Winnipeg Jets took a needless penalty late in the third and ended Phil Kessel's season-long goal-scoring drought as he blasted one past Ondrej Pavelec for his first of the season and the Leafs first lead of the game that was all they needed to hold off the Jets 3-2 Friday at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg. The Leafs are now 5-1 on the road this season.
Jets defenceman Zach Redmond scored his first National Hockey League goal as he converted a nifty Bryan Little pass into the Jets first short-handed goal of the season.
Tobias Enstrom continued his points scoring streak as he had an assist on Andrew Ladd's go ahead marker in the second period that gives him 10 along with his two goals for 12 points to lead all NHL defensemen in points scored. It was Enstrom's eighth straight game with a point.
The Jets power-play continues to be non-existent as they went 0-5 with the man advantage.
The Jets are now 4-5-1 after 10 games and remain third in the South East division and 10th in the Eastern Conference. They now head to Ottawa to face te Senators on Saturday, then back to the MTS Centre for the next three games against mighty Eastern Conference opponents Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins.
The teams trading back-to-back short-handed goals may be an NHL record...
