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The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Jets 4-1, extending Winnipeg's losing streak to 5 games.

Travis Konecny ​​had a goal, an assist and a steal for Gordie Howe to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.

Morgan Frost and Ryan Poehling each had a goal and an assist, while Tyson Foerster had a goal for the Flyers, who have won two straight since the All-Star break.

Flyers goaltender Samuel Ersson made 28 saves.

Kyle Connor scored the lone goal for the Jets, who have lost five straight.

The Jets were without defenseman Brenden Dillon, who was suspended for three games for an illegal check on the Pittsburgh Penguins' Noel Acciari.

Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit stopped 17 shots.

The Jets got their third power play early in the third when Garnet Hathaway tipped the puck into the stands for a late game. Sean Monahan couldn't get around Ersson's court in the open net, and Winnipeg couldn't do much else.

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Jets' Travis Konecny, left, tries to keep the puck away from Jets' Josh Morrissey in the second period. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

The Flyers had a two-man advantage with 58 seconds left when Jamie Drysdale took a knee at 11:49.

Winnipeg got on the board at 14:48 when Connor scored.

The Flyers took a 1-0 lead at 3:37 of the first period when Poehling skated past Foerster.

The game soon turned sour as Konecny ​​and Winnipeg's Neil Pionk got into a fight at 6:03.

Philadelphia took a 2-0 lead at 14:03 when Konecny ​​took a puck from Pionk and curled it into the top corner of the net.

Three hockey players are applauding on the ice.
Tyson Foerster reacts after scoring in the first half of the night. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Frost ended a 10-game scoreless streak at 18:06 when he found a loose puck in front of him for a 3-0 lead.

The Jets managed four shots on goal, though Josh Morrissey denied a star shot with 9.3 seconds left in the period.

Winnipeg came out aggressively to open the second period, firing several shots and winning on the power play at 2:22. But the Flyers quickly regained the advantage as Poehling scored a short-handed goal seven seconds later to take a 4-0 lead. She was
The Flyers' 11th shorthanded goal of the season.

As the power play wound down, Monahan and Morrissey each had shots saved by Ersson.

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