Jets open the scoring, but fall to Penguins at home

WINNIPEG - Over the last week, the Winnipeg Jets have played a lot of periods that they're proud of.
Unfortunately, the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night won't be one of them.
The Penguins had goals from Danton Heinen and Jake Guentzel in the final 20 minutes, breaking a 1-1 tie and earning the visitors a 3-1 win at Canada Life Centre.
At one point in the game, the Jets held a 20-9 advantage in shots on goal. By the end of the night, the tally was 36-31 in favour of Pittsburgh.
"I don't think we had a lot of jump," said head coach Paul Maurice.
"We were slow in the third. We got the lead and got above it. We didn't help ourselves with what we did with the puck and then we didn't have very much."

Dominic Toninato scored the lone goal for the Jets, who fell to 9-5-4 on the season.
It was also the second regulation loss the Jets have suffered on home ice. They're now 7-2-1 in downtown Winnipeg, but those stats didn't make them feel any better after the loss.

"We didn't stop on pucks. It's hard to just say we didn't work hard enough or weren't intense enough, but that's what it boils down to it felt like," said Andrew Copp. "They won all the puck battles, we were kind of drifting, and they're skilled enough that they're going to make plays behind you and capitalize."
Winnipeg opened the scoring 10:27 into the opening period with Toninato's second of the season. It came at the end of a strong offensive zone shift from his line with Riley Nash and Kristian Vesalainen, although it would be the defencemen - Dylan DeMelo and Brenden Dillon - picking up assists on the goal.
It was also the first goal Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry had allowed in 161 minutes and 33 seconds.
But it was the only puck that got by him on this night.
"We didn't really get too many great looks. We had 30 some shots, it was pretty perimeter I think," said Kyle Connor. "I had a breakaway and lost the puck, but other than that I don't think we really challenged him too hard. We made his night pretty easy to be honest."
It stayed that way until nearly 15 minutes into the second when the Penguins tied it up. Shortly after the Jets killed off a penalty Evan Rodrigues was able to find Jason Zucker in front. The Penguins forward was able to lift a quick wrist shot over Hellebuyck's left shoulder and in for his fourth of the season, and a 1-1 game.
It was the start of a surge that saw the Penguins earn most of the five-on-five scoring chances, according to Natural Stat Trick.
In the second period, Pittsburgh held the edge in that department by an 11-6 margin.
"We had a tough third period here. We've been pretty good other than that," said Maurice. "We put up 47 (shots) the other night, 39 (in Vancouver) and a bunch here tonight. We didn't play well in the third period. I'm not grouping our entire offensive game is missing. Parts are better than it's ever been, just the puck isn't going in the net."
Heinen gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead early in the third when he swatted home a loose puck in front of Hellebuyck. The rebound was the result of a Chad Ruhwedel wrist shot from the point that went off the Jets goaltender's mask, and Heinen got to it first. His sixth goal of the season came with 16:27 left in regulation.

Winnipeg's best chance to tie it was a Connor breakaway, but the Jets leading scorer bobble the puck in tight and got a shot off, but Jarry made the stop.
"That's another situation where nine times out of 10 I'm not losing it there," said Connor, who had his six-game point streak snapped. "Just have to be a little sharper. I just lost it going to the backhand trying to go backhand to forehand. He's making that save if I'm losing it there."
Guentzel added an empty netter with 2:15 left in regulation to round out the scoring.
The win for Pittsburgh capped off a road trip that saw them beat the Jets, the Montreal Canadiens, and Toronto Maple Leafs - while only allowing one goal.
With the loss, the Jets have hit a three-game winless skid for the first time since the opening three games of the season.
They responded that time by winning their next four games and going 9-1-3 in their next 13 games.
Their next chance to get back in the win column comes on Wednesday in Columbus. On that night, Copp feels the Jets have to sustain more offensive zone pressure.
"We have a lot of guys that can create off the rush," said Copp. "But if we can get that offensive zone, get more pucks to the net, a little bit greasier, if we can add that dimension that's going to open up the rush game more. If we can get the first goal and make teams chase us, that's when things open up for us."