Cole Perfetti had a goal and two assists for the Jets (1-0-1), who lost their season opener to the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime at home on Friday. Stuart Skinner made 33 saves for his first win in his second start with Winnipeg.
The 27-year-old goalie signed a two-year, $7.5 million contract (average annual value of $3.75 million) on July 1.
Viktor Arvidsson and Emmitt Finnie scored for the Red Wings (0-2-0). John Gibson made 24 saves.
The Jets took a 2-0 lead in the first period with a pair of power-play goals in a 1:32 span.
Perfetti opened the scoring after Red Wings defenseman Justin Faulk deflected the puck off Perfetti in the slot and it popped over Gibson and into the net at 13:04.
Connor then scored his first goal of the game when he took a pass from Gabe Vilardi above the right face-off circle, drove to the net and flipped a backhand over Gibson’s left shoulder at 14:36. Perfetti had the secondary assist on the play for his 100th in the NHL.
Connor made it 3-0 with another power-play goal at 5:41 of the second period, putting in a rebound from the right circle after Gibson stopped a Kyle Morrissey slap shot.
Arvidsson scored his first goal with the Red Wings to cut the deficit to 3-1 on the power play at 16:52 of the second period. Andrew Copp fed the puck to the front of the net where it deflected in off Arvidsson's left skate.
Finnie brought Detroit to within 3-2 at 4:56 of the third period, tapping in Michael Brandsegg-Nygard’s pass from behind the net past a diving Skinner who was out of position.
The Red Wings came close to tying the game with Gibson pulled for the extra attacker, but Skinner made two saves in tight on Lucas Raymond with 26 seconds remaining.
