Three things – Pens ruin Monahan's debut

After losing 3-0 to the Penguins tonight in Pittsburgh, the Jets have snapped a four game streak. Winnipeg has just three goals in a four-match slide, their longest winless skid of the season. The Jets travel to Philadelphia and face the Flyers on Thursday before returning home for a rematch with the Penguins on Saturday.

CHARGE

With the Jets trailing 1-0 in the second, Brenden Dillon hit Noel Acciari in the neutral zone and received a match penalty for an illegal check to the head. After killing off the first three minutes of a five-minute Penguins power play, the Jets gave up 1:30 goals to Jeff Carter and Brian Rust to fall behind 3-0. Winnipeg was forced to play with five defenders the rest of the night and it obviously made it difficult for them to get back into the game.

“The refs made the call and unfortunately the call didn't go our way,” Rick Bowness said.

“The second power play goal seems like a broken play, but that's hockey. You fight it.”

TARGET DID NOT BUY

Coming into tonight, Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is 4-0 against the Jets in his career with a 1.22 goals-against average and a .959 save percentage. The Jets got some good looks from Scheifele, Kyle Connor and Gabe Vilardi. In fact, Scheifele appeared to break Jarry's shutout in the third period, but the play was ruled offside. Winnipeg went five-for-five with 13 high-danger scoring chances, but failed to get one past Jarry, who has six shutouts this season.

“We still had good looks, good ozone timing and really, you know, didn't give them much other than a long power play. So it's definitely something to be positive about,” said Scheifele, who returned to the lineup after six games.

“We took the game to them when we were down and showed some resilience and had some chances and were called back and could have changed the game.”

MONAHAN DEBUT

Newly acquired Sean Monahan made his Jets debut tonight in a game between Nicola Ehlers and Cole Perfetti. Monahan went 15:26 with one hit, one strikeout, and he won 60% of his faceoffs.

“I liked his game. He uses his wings well. “He's really smart with the puck,” Bowness said.

“He's confident. Again, after his first game and the break, I'm very happy with his performance.”