“(The effort) was not very good for two periods,” head coach Scott Arniel said. “Utah was the better team, dominated us in all areas.
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The second trip to Utah wasn’t much better than the first as the Jets lost 4-1 to the Hockey Club on Saturday night.
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The Jets last played in Salt Lake City back in January and lost 5-2, on what was quite possibly their poorest road performance of the season.
This game wasn’t much better on the ‘like’ scale. A rather putrid one said Mark Scheifele.
“That was a stinky one tonight,” Scheifele told reporters in Salt Lake City. “We have a big game coming Monday, so we have to learn from tonight.”
The Jets play host the St. Louis Blues on Monday at 6:30 p.m. The Blues come to town having won 12 consecutive games. St. Louis beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Saturday night.
Scheifele scored for the Jets (52-21-4). The Jets forward reached the 800-point mark with his third-period goal.
Perfetti’s goal-scoring streak was snapped at three games. Perfetti has 18 goals this season, one short of his career high of 19.
“It wasn’t our night,” Perfetti said. “We would like to have this effort back.”
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Nikolaj Ehlers was a scratch. The Jets are one win away from setting a franchise record for wins with 53. The Jets dropped to 2-15-1 when trailing after 40 minutes.
Connor Hellebuyck (43-12-3) turned aside 25 shots in defeat. The Jets number one is one win shy of his personal best of 44 wins, set during the 2017-18 season.
Connor Hellebuyck (43-12-3) turned aside 25 shots in defeat. The Jets number one is one win shy of his personal best of 44 wins, set during the 2017-18 season.
Clayton Keller, Barrett Hayton, Kevin Stenlund and Nick Bjugstad scored for Utah (35-30-12). Keller hit the 500-point mark for his NHL career with a goal and an assist.
Karel Vejmelka (24-21-7) made his 20th consecutive start and picked up the win, stopping 31 shots.
The Jets finished 1-2-0 on their final extended road trip of the regular season. The club has a short two-gamer against Dallas and Chicago next week.
The Stars lost 5-3 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon. The Stars are four points behind the Jets for first in the Central Division. Dallas has one game in-hand.
Utah assumed a 1-0 lead at 4:24 of the first when Keller scored just seven seconds into Utah’s first power play. The goal was Keller’s 26th of the season. The goal snapped a streak of 10 straight kills for the Jets.
The Hockey Club enjoyed three power plays in the first period.
Utah doubled the lead at 57 seconds of the second period with a power-play goal as Hayton jammed the puck under the left leg of Hellebuyck for his 19th goal.
“Yeah, we knew their first periods were good,” Perfetti said. “They skate well, they make a lot of plays through their neutral zone, and in turnovers they make you pay. Obviously, it wasn’t our best the first two periods, but proud of the way we came out in the third and worked hard.”
The Shots were 11-7 for Utah in the first period. Final shots favoured the Jets 32-28.
Stenlund pushed the lead to 3-0 at 16:57 of the second period. The goal was his 13th.
“(The effort) was not very good for two periods,” head coach Scott Arniel said. “Utah was the better team, dominated us in all areas. They got their rush game going and we knew they were going to be good in that department.”
The Jets got on the board with a power-play goal at 2:45 of the third period, Scheifele cleaning up a rebound near the right-side post. The goal was his 38th of the season.
Bjugstad scored an empty-net goal at 17:19. The goal was his sixth of the season.
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