The Jets appeared to strike first on the power play 39 seconds in, but the officials ruled a loose puck off a wrist shot from Ehlers got to Joel Armia's stick as a result of a hand pass from Tyler Myers.
Less than seven minutes later, the Jets would make one count. Following some great work along the boards by Blake Wheeler, Dmitry Kulikov sent a cross-ice pass to Tyler Myers. Mark Scheifele deflected the point shot from Myers, and the puck bounced off the skate blade of Ryan Suter to Connor, who beat the outstretched leg of Stalock.
It was Connor's second goal and fifth point in six games since his recall from the Manitoba Moose.
"Kyle has done a real good job of becoming a readable player on the ice, which is hard sometimes as a young man, for your line mates to get that feel of consistency," said Maurice. "He's been good. When he's come in, he's had three really strong games in his start, and they've got a good chemistry."
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