The trio of Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele, and Nikolaj Ehlers combined for six points in the win, as all of them saw their second game of the preseason.
Connor scored twice, Scheifele and Ehlers had singles, and Dominic Toninato rounded out the scoring.
"There's a lot of potential there," said Connor of his line with Scheifele and Ehlers. "I think all three of us play at such a high pace and got a lot of skill to make plays. I think we turn a lot of pucks over on the forecheck, too."
After a scoreless first, two consecutive power plays led to the game's opening two goals for the Jets.
Rittich set up the first one 8:28 into the second, sending a long stretch pass to Sam Gagner as the flames tried to fit int a line change. Gagner worked a give-and-go with Kyle Connor, who made no mistake burying his second of the preseason into the top corner past Dan Vladar.
As the goal was being scored, there was a delayed call coming to the Flames for too many men, putting the Jets right back on the man advantage. It took all of 44 seconds for Ehlers to send a laser beam of a pass from the left circle into the slot for Scheifele, who redirected it for a 2-0 Jets lead.
"(Gagner) was so good out there, hanging onto it and making plays," said Bowness. "Ehlers is a threat coming downhill, not only to score but to find that seam. Once you make that seam (pass), you've got the whole… you've got the penalty kill running around and the goalie has got to move. They just did a great job moving the puck."
The Jets extended the lead to 3-0 just over three minutes later, as Toninato hopped out of the box after serving a tripping penalty, and was sent in on a breakaway on new Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf. Toninato's quick head fake froze Wolf in place, and the Jets forward slipped home his first of the preseason.
That capped off a stretch of three goals in 4:25.
The offence wasn't done there though, as Connor added to his preseason point totals - and the Jets lead - when he forced Flames defenceman Noah Hanifin out from behind the net, causing him to turn the puck over on a clearing attempt. Ehlers pounced on that, moving toward the Flames net before sliding a backhand pass to Connor for the tap-in.
"We like to catch them off guard," said Connor. "We're very underrated forecheckers. Just get the puck back in our hands and make plays. I think we're still learning tendencies and I think we're only going to get better."
It was 4-0 Jets through 40 minutes.
The third and final power play goal of the night came off the stick of Ehlers, who took a cross-ice pass from Gagner and ripped it into the yawning cage, as a diving Wolf tried to get into position.
"Just before he passed it, I said I was going to come in a little bit and he had his back turned to me and still put it right on my tape," Ehlers said of Gagner. "That's pretty impressive. He's a very smart guy out there and very fun to watch. It's pretty exciting to have a guy like him on our team."
The Jets are now 3-1-1 in the preseason, and take on the Flames in a rematch on Friday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
