The Flyers had been shut out in back-to-back games, but would open the scoring in this one with their first goal in 158:36. Entering the Jets zone off the rush, Sean Couturier's shot from the right wing was kicked aside by Connor Hellebuyck, but Jakub Voracek was in the slot waiting for the rebound, and got just enough of it to slide it past Hellebuyck's right leg.
The visitors would make it 2-0 on the power play just 2:38 later. After Dustin Byfuglien was called for tripping, Couturier banged home a rebound in front of Hellebuyck, after the Jets goaltender had made a great cross-crease save on Wayne Simmonds.
"I know if they get a couple early ones, it's time to go into shut down mode," said Hellebuyck, who finished with 30 saves on 32 shots. "Just hold everything, calm the game down, and sooner or later we'll get our legs under us, just like we did."
The Jets power play would get the team on the board, and who else would it be but Perreault. Joel Armia slid a feed under a kneeling Brandon Mannnig to Perreault, who calmly made a move to his backhand, and slid the puck through Elliott's five hole.
It brought the Jets within one with 6:55 left in the second, and was also Perreault's first goal since opening night, thanks to missing the last 12 games with a lower-body injury.