Jets muster just 14 shots on goal in 4-1 loss in Los Angeles

There’s thing astir 4-1 games for the Winnipeg Jets close now.

After beating the Penguins 4-1 Friday, losing to Nashville 4-1 Saturday and knocking disconnected Minnesota 4-1 Monday, the Jets looked dilatory and weary successful a 4-1 nonaccomplishment successful Los Angeles Wednesday night.

Things did not statesman good for the Jets arsenic Vladislav Namestnikov took a atrocious slashing punishment conscionable 1:48 into the crippled and the Kings instantly made Winnipeg pay.

Los Angeles won the ensuing faceoff and conscionable 4 seconds aft the puck dropped, Anze Kopitar tipped an Adrian Kempe constituent changeable past Connor Hellebuyck to marque it 1-0.

The Kings continued to power play for the bulk of the archetypal period, ending the framework with a 13-5 vantage successful shots connected extremity but the people remained 1-0.

Winnipeg got a glorious accidental to level the people erstwhile Rasmus Kupari was slashed connected a breakaway aboriginal successful the second, earning him a punishment shot. Kupari tried to deke retired David Rittich but helium got successful excessively heavy and stuffed his effort into Rittich’s near pad.

The Kings widened the spread astatine the 7:10 mark. Alex Turcotte got the puck successful the country successful the Winnipeg extremity and deed a cutting Phillip Danault, who had eluded the cheque of Cole Perfetti connected the boards. Danault had capable clip to thrust the nett and get stopped by Hellebuyck but inactive beryllium capable to bang location the rebound earlier Perfetti oregon Nikolaj Ehlers could get to the crease.

Just implicit 2 minutes later, the Jets got connected the board. Nine seconds aft Tanner Jeannot went to the container for slashing, erstwhile King Gabriel Vilardi banged location a escaped puck successful beforehand to marque it 2-1.

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The Jets had different powerfulness play look aboriginal successful the play and Josh Morrissey struck robust connected that accidental but Winnipeg couldn’t find the backmost of the net.

It stayed 2-1 into the 3rd earlier the Kings grabbed an security marker astatine the 5:21 people of the third. Kevin Fiala’s changeable from region was heading wide but it glanced disconnected the skate of Haydn Fleury successful beforehand of Hellebuyck and into the net.

The Kings tacked connected 1 much into an bare nett arsenic Kempe scored with conscionable nether 3 minutes left.

Winnipeg managed conscionable 2 shots successful the 3rd play and lone 14 for the crippled portion Los Angeles enactment 33 shots connected net, 29 of which were stopped by Hellebuyck successful defeat.

The Jets proceed their six-game roadworthy travel Friday successful Vegas against the Golden Knights. Pregame sum connected 680 CJOB starts astatine 5:30 p.m. with the crippled enactment starting conscionable aft 7:30.