Although they allowed the first goal that put them behind early in the first period, the Winnipeg Jets answered with four straight goals, three of which were the result of bounces and deflections going the Jets way. Toby Enstrom once again scored the winner with his second period powerplay goal as the Jets went on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1.
Evander Kane, Olli Jokinen and Alexander Burmistrov also scored for the Jets.
The Jets are now six points up on the second-placed Hurricanes, as the Jets now lead the South-East division with 36 points and maintain the third overall seed in the Eastern Conference. The three games at hand the Canes now hold are, momentarily, a non-issue as the Jets are now up the six points that separate them and the Hurricanes would need all three victories to tie the Jets for first place if the season were in its final week. The festering wound that was the back-to-back losses to the Washington Capitals at the supposed friendly confines of the MTS Centre last week are now, with the two wins against South-East rivals Tampa Bay and Carolina, just a sore spot that could heal tremendously with a miracle win versus the conference-leading Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. Those losses may even be able to be forgotten altogether (although maybe they shouldn't be) when the Hurricanes visit the MTS Centre for a matinee game on March 30.
