The Jets pulled even on their fourth power play chance - and what a beauty it was. Dubois parked himself in front of Andersen, and when a pass from the right side boards came from Blake Wheeler, Dubois put his stick between his legs and redirected it in for a 2-2 tie.
It was the third straight game that the Jets power play found the back of the net, but it finished 1-for-5 on the night against a Hurricanes penalty kill ranked second in the National Hockey League.
"They checked very well. They have a lot of good skating killers who closed the gap on you," said Maurice. "We were constantly trying to get to the point where we could settle it down but that's not the kind of penalty kill. When you look at the goal we scored, it's not off a settled play. It's about quick puck movement and they were very good on the kill."
The Hurricanes (17-6-1) pulled back in front 3-2 with 20 seconds left in the middle frame on a power play of their own. Stastny broke his stick on the draw and the Jets couldn't clear the puck during a wild goal mouth scramble that finished with Martin Necas' sixth of the season.
An Adam Lowry holding penalty 1:52 into the third gave the Hurricanes another power play, and they'd cash in on that one too, with Vincent Trocheck getting to a loose puck in front for his sixth of the season and a 4-2 Hurricanes lead.
"They're on the puck. We, I think, when we play a very good game, we're that, we're the same way," Ehlers said. "It's something we obviously want to get back to. But like I said, when you play a team like that, you want to make it more simple for everyone and not try passes through the seam or things like that, you just want to get the puck out and skate."
Winnipeg finished the four-game home stand with two wins and two losses, and head out on the road for a short two-game road trip beginning Thursday night in Seattle against the Kraken.
"I liked three of the four games. I felt we were good enough to win the last two. But I felt we were good enough to win the last three," Maurice said of the home stand. "We weren't good enough to win tonight. They deserved it."