{"id":387484,"date":"2026-01-04T11:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/387484\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T11:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:09:04","slug":"chabot-scores-twice-for-senators-who-hand-jets-their-ninth-straight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/387484\/","title":{"rendered":"Chabot scores twice for Senators who hand Jets their ninth straight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA \u2014 The Winnipeg Jets<\/a> dropped their ninth straight game on Saturday, falling 4-2 to the Ottawa Senators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Drake Batherson<\/a>\u2019s second-period goal proved to be the winner.<\/p>\n

Thomas Chabot<\/a> added a pair and Claude Giroux<\/a> added an insurance marker. Leevi Merilainen, making his third straight start stopped 20 of 22 shots.<\/p>\n

The Jets (15-21-4) losing streak (0-6-3) started at the hands of the Senators on Dec. 15. Winnipeg returns home 0-3-0 on its latest road trip.<\/p>\n

Trailing 3-1 the Jets got within one midway through the third.<\/p>\n

Dylan DeMelo<\/a>\u2019s point shot hit the crossbar and Kyle Connor<\/a> buried the rebound for his 19th, but Giroux beat Connor Hellebuyck<\/a>, who made 23 saves, from in close late in the third.<\/p>\n

Ottawa (20-15-5) jumped out to a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

Chabot scored his second of the game early in the second after grabbing a blocked shot and raising it over an outstretched Hellebuyck.<\/p>\n

Logan Stanley<\/a> earned the ire of Brady Tkachuk<\/a> after the two tangled at the Jets bench and Stanley pulled Tkachuk\u2019s helmet off and sucker punched him.<\/p>\n

Stanley took a double minor, while Tkachuk was assessed a 10-minute misconduct.<\/p>\n

With 17 seconds remaining in the penalty Batherson converted on a nice feed from Tim Stutzle, who extended his point streak to 12 games (eight goals, 11 assists).<\/p>\n

The Senators lost Chabot late in the period when Tanner Pearson<\/a>\u2019s clearing attempt caught the Senators defenceman in the face. Chabot immediately sprinted off the ice but did return for the third wearing a full bubble.<\/p>\n

The teams exchanged first period goals.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg opened the scoring with a short-handed goal. Adam Lowry<\/a> broke in alone and went to his backhand and slid a puck under an outstretched Merilainen.<\/p>\n

Ottawa responded three minutes later on the power play when Chabot took a Tkachuk pass at the top of the slot and fired a shot through traffic.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Jets: The Jets got off to a strong start but failed to maintain momentum.<\/p>\n

Senators: The Senators remained patient and took advantage of their opportunities.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Thomas Chabot<\/a> had his first two-goal game since Feb. 22, 2022, giving him five career two-goal games.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Claude Giroux<\/a>\u2019s third-period goal with 4:32 remaining was too much for Winnipeg to overcome.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Jets: Host the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Senators: Host the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n

Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The Winnipeg Jets dropped their ninth straight game on Saturday, falling 4-2 to the Ottawa Senators.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-387484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}