"Obviously not many people get to play in the NHL at all, and I think to play 500 and to play with one franchise is a pretty cool achievement," Skinner said. "It just shows that they've had some trust in me, and it's pretty cool."
Little made it 1-0 at 13:33 of the first period after Ehlers found Little in the slot for his first of the season.
"We weren't playing up to our standards," Hurricanes forward Jordan Staal said. "Maybe in the second period we started taking over a little bit and we still weren't skating the way we can and executing the way we can and creating offense the way we know we can."
Skinner tied the game 1-1 with his second of the season at 15:18 on the power play. Skinner took a pass from Noah Hanifin at the left circle, and his wrist shot beat Hellebuyck high on his blocker side.
"From where we were a week ago to where we are now, in terms of being able to handle that on the bench," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "Everybody knew [we were] off, you could feel it at the morning skate with them dragging themselves around. We knew it was going to be that sort of game."