Tyler Toffoli, Luke Kunin, and Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Sharks (0-3-2), who were coming off a 4-2 loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. Mackenzie Blackwood was pulled at 1:46 of the second period after allowing five goals on 18 shots. Vitek Vanecek made 15 saves in relief.
“(Winnipeg) did a lot of things well,” San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “They were faster than us. They skated with the puck more through the neutral zone. They were probably more connected in their own end, and in the offensive zone they gave us some trouble with some motion.”
Josh Morrissey gave the Jets a 1-0 lead at 1:59 of the first period with a wrist shot through traffic.
Ehlers’ three points all came in the first period. With two Sharks in the penalty box and the Jets holding a 5-on-3 advantage, Ehlers’ one-timer from below the face-off dot made it 2-0 at 9:25.
Following a turnover by Granlund in the neutral zone, Perfetti set Ehlers up for a shot from the high slot on the rush at 13:31 to make it 3-1.
“I thought tonight (the line of Namestnikov, Ehlers, and Perfetti) were very cohesive,” Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel said. “They worked together. Real good close support. They didn't have to try high-risk things; they just kept it simple and obviously got rewarded for it.”
"All three of those guys have real good skill. They complement each other… There's been games where -- maybe it's a period -- one of them is going, (or) two of them are going. It was never all three. And tonight, it was all three right from the start."