"I think it was more like a muffin," Laine said with a smile. "I think it hit Koivu or someone else's stick. That wasn't a good shot, but I'll take it.
"We haven't had that much success on our power play in the regular season, so it was nice to get the two goals."
Hellebuyck made 24 saves on the night to move to 4-0-0 in his four starts this season.
ICE CHIPS
Brendan Lemieux finished with 9:53 of ice time in his NHL debut, and had a couple of hits to go along with it, all with his dad - former NHLer Claude - his mom, sister, and girlfriend in attendance.
"I'm still smiling a little bit. It was really fun. I'm just really happy we came out with the win," said Lemieux.
"Coach said before the game that you can win a bunch of Stanley Cups, and MVPs, and score a million goals, but you only get one first game. I took that to heart and it was kind of surreal. I thought about that my whole life. Everyone in my family was hoping I could get here, and now I'm here. Now it's matter of sticking, and contributing. Tonight was incredible. I'm just really blessed to have had the opportunity."
Maurice didn't hesitate to play Lemieux in key situations, including when the Jets were up a goal with under three minutes left in regulation.
"He had earned it. He played a real simple game. But three or four times he took the puck from the hashmarks in our end to their end of the ice and looked to get a hit - simple, clean, showed good speed," said Maurice. "I thought he was strong on the puck, and strong on those battles. So I had lots of confidence in him going in."