Oettinger makes 27 saves, Stars shut out Jets

WINNIPEG -- Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season in the Dallas Stars’ 2-0 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.

“We knew it was going to be tight,” Oettinger said. “We know how defensively detailed [the Jets] are; they don’t give up much. They wait for their chances, and they make you pay. When you play a team like that and try to get into a track meet, they’ll just grind you down and score on their odd-man rushes, so we limited that as much as we could and just played solid.”

Joe Pavelski and Tyler Seguin scored for the Stars (13-5-2), who are 6-2-1 in their past nine games.

“We were ready to play tonight,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. “We were dialed in. That last game (7-4 loss to the Calgary Flames on Friday) left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. We talked [and said], ‘This league’s all about your response. Everyone’s going to stumble at different points, and how are you going to respond to that?’ I liked our response tonight.”

Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for the Jets (12-7-2), who have lost their past two after a five-game winning streak.

“We just need to stick to the process,” Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele said. “Everything is not going to be sunshine and rainbows; there is going to be tough stretches, there is going to be tough games. There will be games that you think could have had a better result. But you just need to keep trucking.”

Pavelski gave Dallas a 1-0 lead at 12:54 of the second period, scoring on a rebound of a shot from Roope Hintz. Winnipeg challenged for goaltender interference, but Pavelski was awarded his 10th goal of the season.

“We know what they’ve done the last 10-11 games,” Pavelski said of the Jets. “Nothing was going to come easy. They do a lot of the same things detail-wise that we’re doing. They break out well, their goalie’s been really good. So, we took the play all night, we got the lead and again, [Oettinger] shut it down. And let’s go back to that 5-on-3, two of them. That’s a huge, huge position for us in that game.”

Oettinger preserved the shutout with 11 saves in the third, including 44 seconds of a 5-on-3 penalty kill.

“That was the turning point in the game, both ways,” Oettinger said. “We’ve got some guys who take a lot of pride in those situations and you’re not going to see them on NHL Network, but that’s what it takes to win and we’ve got a lot of guys like that.”

Seguin scored on a 2-on-1 with Mason Marchment at 16:45 of the third period for the 2-0 final.

“Our PK has been great all year, everybody on it,” DeBoer said. “Esa [Lindell] had a couple huge blocks, [Jani Hakanpaa] too. I thought Sam Steel and [Radek] Faksa did a great job when they were out there, particularly 5-on-3. We got some big contributions from a lot of guys.”

The Jets were 0-for-4 on the power play, including two 5-on-3s spanning a combined 1:36. The Stars were 0-for-2 with the man-advantage.

“We’ve got to make them pay when we have two opportunities 5-on-3,” Winnipeg forward Nino Niederreiter said. “We have to bear down there and get the momentum at least on our side.

“[Oettinger] was definitely great, but so was [Hellebuyck]. “They both stood on their head. ‘Bucky’ gave us a chance to win, [but] the PP made the difference tonight.”

NOTES: Dallas is 8-1-1 on the road this season. … Pavelski has eight points (five goals, three assists) during a seven-game point streak. He is the oldest player (39) in Stars/Minnesota North Stars history to have a seven-game point streak. … Dallas forward Craig Smith had one shot on goal in 10:11 of ice time in his first game back after missing two with an illness. … Winnipeg defenseman Josh Morrissey had six shots on goal in 28:19 of ice time.