Jeannot, Saros lead Predators over Jets 2-1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tanner Jeannot 得点する／非難する／２０d 早期に in the third period and Juuse Saros made 32 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.
Cody Glass had the other goal for Nashville, 勝利者s of four of five.
"It´s nice to see what our group looks like when we are playing the 権利 way," Nashville coach John Hynes said. "We´re in a position where we´re continuing to fight for 勝利，勝つs and move up in the standings, and I think if we continue to build on what we´ve built the last two games, we give ourselves a really good chance on Thursday."
Pierre-Luc Dubois 得点する／非難する／２０d and Connor Hellebuyck made 39 saves for Winnipeg, which 結論するd a five-game road trip 2-3-0.
"It certainly wasn´t a 2-1 game ーに関して／ーの点でs of 不快な／攻撃 適切な時期s for either team, but both goalies were 優れた," Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said.
At 5:38 of the third, Jeannot 選ぶd up the 回復する of a Tommy Novak 発射 and （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Hellebuyck with a wraparound.
Nashville Predators 中心 Cody Glass (8) celebrates with 左翼 Filip Forsberg (9) after Glass 得点する／非難する／２０d a goal against the Winnipeg Jets during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
The goal not only broke a 1-1 tie, it snapped a 38-game goalless stretch for Jeannot, who 得点する／非難する／２０d 24 goals last season.
"It feels really good, a little bit of a 負わせる 解除するd off the shoulders," Jeannot said. "My 焦点（を合わせる） has been the same going into every game, just do everything I can to help the team 勝利，勝つ."
Dubois 得点する／非難する／２０d the game´s first goal 48 seconds into the 開始 period off of a 悪賢い backdoor 料金d from Cole Perfetti. The goal was the fastest from the start of the game for the Jets this season.
"(Perfetti) is a 広大な／多数の／重要な player," Dubois said. "He´s smart. He´s 技術d, he can pass, he can shoot."
Glass tied it at 13:49 of the second, deflecting a Roman Josi 発射 from the blue line.
"For me, I just need to 耐える 負かす／撃墜する on those 適切な時期s and put them in the 支援する of the 逮捕する because it´s not very often you get those chances," Glass said.
CARRIER INJURED
Tuesday was Nashville defenseman Alexandre 運送／保菌者´s 141st NHL game, but it took him until then to 記録，記録的な／記録する his first fighting major. Just over a minute into the first, 運送／保菌者 took exception to a 攻撃する，衝突する Jets defenseman Logan Stanley put on Glass along the left boards.
At 5-foot-11 and 174 続けざまに猛撃するs, 運送／保菌者 is much smaller than the 6-foot-7, 228 続けざまに猛撃する Stanley.
"I 借りがある him a dinner or new shoes or something, but that´s just the 肉親，親類d of character (運送／保菌者) is," Glass said. "He´s a 広大な／多数の／重要な dude. To fight someone that much bigger than him and have my 支援する is something I´ll never forget."
After serving his 刑罰，罰則, 運送／保菌者 played five more 転換s in the first period, but he did not return to the （法廷の）裁判 for the start of the second period or play in the 残りの人，物 of the game. に引き続いて the game, Hynes said that 運送／保菌者's 傷害 was a result of the fight and that an update on his 条件 would be 供給するd later in the week.
STRONG CENTRAL RECORD
にもかかわらず Tuesday´s loss, the Jets still sport a strong 12-4-0 記録，記録的な／記録する against fellow Central 分割 対抗者s. Winnipeg and Nashville have 分裂（する） the two games they have played against each other so far this season, with each winning on home ice. The two teams will play twice more this season, once in each city.
WHAT´S NEXT
Predators: Host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
Jets: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
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Nashville Predators 中心 Cody Glass, left, takes the puck away from Winnipeg Jets 右翼 Saku Maenalanen during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon (5) scuffles with Nashville Predators 左翼 Tanner Jeannot (84) during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
Nashville Predators 中心 Ryan Johansen (92) looks to pass the puck during the second period of the team's NHL ホッケー game against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
Nashville Predators goaltender Ju use Saros (74) stops a 発射 by the Winnipeg Jets during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
Nashville Predators defenseman Dante Fabbro (57) and Winnipeg Jets 中心 Karson Kuhlman (20) chase the puck during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
Winnipeg Jets 中心 Cole Perfetti (91) takes the puck past Nashville Predators 右翼 Nino Niederreiter (22) during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
Nashville Predators 中心 Cody Glass (8) and against Winnipeg Jets 中心 示す Scheifele (55) watch the puck during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/示す Zaleski)
