{"id":404821,"date":"2026-01-12T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404821\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:13:08","slug":"winnipeg-jets-down-new-jersey-devils-to-post-back-to-back-wins-for-first-time-since-mid-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404821\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets down New Jersey Devils to post back-to-back wins for first time since mid-November"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINNIPEG \u2014 Tanner Pearson<\/a>\u2019s go-ahead goal six minutes into the third period held up to give the Jets a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils<\/a> on Sunday, marking Winnipeg\u2019s first back-to-back victories since mid-November.<\/p>\n

It was also the first time the Jets have won a one-goal game since Nov. 15, snapping a dubious NHL record of 13 consecutive losses in one-goal matches.<\/p>\n

Alex Iafallo<\/a>, Jonathan Toews<\/a> and Gabriel Vilardi<\/a> also scored for the Jets (17-22-5). Cole Perfetti<\/a> and Josh Morrissey<\/a> both recorded a pair of assists.<\/p>\n

Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> made 24 saves for Winnipeg, which last put up back-to-back wins Nov. 15-18.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg-born forward Cody Glass<\/a> scored twice and Nico Hischier<\/a> also had a goal for the Devils. Luke Hughes<\/a> and Jack Hughes<\/a> both had two assists.<\/p>\n

Jake Allen<\/a> stopped 18 shots for New Jersey (22-21-2), which lost four consecutive games for the first time since early December.<\/p>\n

The first period didn\u2019t have any scoring until the last two minutes.<\/p>\n

Iafallo\u2019s shot hit a body on the way in at 18:50 but Hischier tied it 37 seconds later with a goal off a rebound.<\/p>\n

The second period began with three quick goals, but only two counted.<\/p>\n

Glass gave the Devils the 2-1 lead at 1:05 when he redirected a pass from Luke Hughes<\/a>, but Toews replied with a tying goal at 2:36.<\/p>\n

New Jersey defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler<\/a>\u2019s shot went in just under a minute later, but the Jets successfully challenged for goaltender interference because Paul Cotter<\/a> had bumped into Hellebuyck.<\/p>\n

Glass scored his ninth goal of the season off a rebound to officially take the 3-2 lead at 8:08, but Vilardi recorded his 18th when he batted the puck in with 2:03 left in the middle frame.<\/p>\n

Pearson recorded his sixth goal of the season after taking a pass from Morrissey to the front of the net to go up 4-3 at 6:17 of the third.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Jets: Toews has heated up since the Christmas break, contributing two goals and four assists in his past nine games. Linemate, Perfetti, has four assists in his past two games.<\/p>\n

Devils: Didn\u2019t get their first shot on goal in the third period until almost 13 minutes. Veteran defenceman Dougie Hamilton<\/a> was a healthy scratch, giving way for Johnathan Kovacevic<\/a> to make his season debut after off-season knee surgery. Kovacevic notched an assist. A<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Morrissey rushed to the side of the net and quickly sent a pass to Pearson out front, who redirected the puck past Allen to make it 4-3 Winnipeg at 6:17 of the third.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

With Winnipeg\u2019s victory over Los Angeles on Friday that snapped an 11-game losing streak, the Jets finally won back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 15-18.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Devils: Wrap up four-game road trip Monday against the Minnesota Wild<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jets: Finish a five-game homestand Tuesday against the New York Islanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Judy Owen, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2014 Tanner Pearson\u2019s go-ahead goal six minutes into the third period held up to give the Jets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-404821","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\/404821","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=404821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}