Blackhawks drop eighth straight in loss to Jets

WINNIPEG -- The Chicago Blackhawks lost their eighth straight game, 6-3 to the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday.

The losing streak matches a season-high for the Blackhawks (9-18-5), who went 0-6-2 from Oct. 27-Nov. 12. Each loss during their current streak has come in regulation.
Strome, Dominik Kahun and Alex DeBrincat scored for Chicago, and Cam Ward made 28 saves.
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"It's not fun," Blackhawks forward Dylan Strome said. "We're down 2-, 3-0 in the first period every time. So I don't know … we've got to find a way to break out of it."
Kyle Connor scored two goals, Mark Scheifele and Tyler Myers each had a goal and an assist and Mathieu Perreault and Brandon Tanev also scored for the Jets (19-8-2), who have won six of their past seven games. Dustin Byfuglien had three assists and Laurent Brossoit made 32 saves.

Winnipeg is 6-1-0 in its past seven games.
"We came out ready right from the start," Connor said. "It showed on the scoreboard, just the way we were on pucks, playing through guys and being hard to play against."
The Jets scored three goals in 5:49 during the first period. The Blackhawks did not have a shot on goal in the first 17:36.
"All speed," Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. "You know, we were real quick. They had a tough start and we were really good. You marry those two things together and you get an unusual start to the game like we had. You know when you have the number of Stanley Cup rings that they have in that room, they're going to come out and push hard."
Scheifele scored on the power play at 7:49 of the first period when he redirected Byfuglien's point shot to give the Jets a 1-0 lead.

Myers made it 2-0 at 9:01. Connor scored his first of the game at 13:38 to make it 3-0.
"We didn't have a shot for like the first what, 15, 16 minutes? Maybe even more," Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane said. "Pretty embarrassing start."
Connor scored his second of the game at 1:44 of the second period on the power play to make it 4-0.
"There's nothing really more we can say about the starts," Kane said. "Spot them four goals, it's tough to come back in this league."
Strome scored at 2:04 before Kahun made it 4-2 at 7:09.
Connor nearly had a hat trick, but Ward made a sprawling glove save at 17:23.
Chicago scored its third unanswered goal when DeBrincat made it 4-3 at 6:08 of the third period.
Perreault pushed the lead to 5-3 on the power play at 11:36. Connor missed an empty net with 1:03 remaining, but Tanev scored at 19:55 for the 6-3 final score.
"Nothing really changed," Connor said. "Just stuck with the plan. We knew what we had to do. We've been in that situation quite a bit this year and ended up getting the win."

They said it

"If I had [a fix], I would have fixed it already. Compete harder early on. I thought we were late to almost every situation in the first period and they have a really good team. They pressure hard and they make a lot of plays. They play like men out there and we just couldn't match it in the beginning and we paid a price for it." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton
"They have too much of a veteran presence in that locker room over there to deflate. I don't think you're going to see guys like (Jonathan) Toews and Kane just give you a win, especially when you get up that early, that's not expected. You're expecting a surge in the second period. They came and we weathered it just fine." -- Jets goalie Laurent Brossoit

Need to know

Kane has six points (two goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak. He has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past nine games. … Wheeler has 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in his past nine games. … Scheifele has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in his past nine games. … Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past eight games.

What's next

Blackhawks: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TVAS)
Jets: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SNW, NHL.TV)