"It's huge anytime you get a goal called back," Hellebuyck said. "I probably would've made the save, to be honest. I was held down. I can't move. I can't do anything. I can't rotate and really prepare myself for the rebound there, and it sat there for a few seconds."
Perreault tied the game 1-1 when he tipped Little's backhand from the high slot at 10:47 of the second period. Perrault has six points (four goals, two assists) in his past five games.
Jets forward Jack Roslovic hit the post on the power play at 12:24, between two Hellebuyck saves on Johnny Gaudreau. Hellebuyck made a blocker save on Gaudreau's shot on a 2-on-1 at 11:55, and another with 2:17 remaining in the period.
"We could have won that game," Ferland said. "[Smith] did a good job, he kept us in there in the beginning of the game. We didn't have the start we wanted, but we stuck with it."
Smith made a glove save on Nikolaj Ehlers' one-timer eight seconds into the third period, and a blocker save on Dmitry Kulikov in the slot at 4:18. Smith also made a right-pad save on Jacob Trouba at 17:29.
"Sometimes they don't go in, and they didn't today," Ehlers said. "I think besides too many turnovers, I played a good game today and the whole team did. Our line created a lot of chances. We got our two points. That's all that matters."
