Brown's goal streak was the longest in the NHL since 2008-09 (Mike Green, eight games, Washington Capitals). Two players in the past 27 seasons (since 1993-94) have had a goal streak of nine or more games: Teemu Selanne in 1997-98 (11 games, Anaheim Ducks) and Jaromir Jagr in 1996-97 (nine games, Pittsburgh Penguins).
"He was on fire," Senators forward Nicholas Paul said. "It just showed in his play. He was working hard, creating turnovers offensively, getting in the right spots, getting to the net, in the right areas to score. If he's going to keep playing like that he's going to keep putting up numbers."
Brown had one shot on goal. He had an assist to extend his point streak to nine games for the Senators (14-26-4), who have two wins in their past nine games. Matt Murray made 32 saves in his first start since March 10. He sustained an upper-body injury in warmups before a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 14.
"I thought he was all right," Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said of Murray. "I thought he played hard. We didn't give [Winnipeg] much through two, and then all of a sudden we're giving them Grade A chances. That's a tough game for a goalie, where he doesn't see a whole lot and then all of a sudden it's a breakaway. It's good to get him back out there. I thought he battled through a lot of shots from the point and looked a lot more confident."
Mark Scheifele, Mathieu Perreault and Trevor Lewis scored, and Laurent Brossoit made 27 saves in his first start since March 27 for the Jets (26-14-3).
"Second period, especially, he was really square and right to pucks that came to the net," Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. "A lot of what [Ottawa] will do is throw pucks from tough angles and try to get a stick on it. It's kind of funny. It's either not dangerous at all because it's such a bad angle shot, or it's very dangerous, so he was good."
Winnipeg is 11-1-2 following a loss after losing 4-2 to Ottawa here Monday.
The Jets are in second place in the seven-team Scotia North Division, five points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs and three points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. The Senators are in seventh place, 13 points behind the fourth-place Montreal Canadiens. The top four teams qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Nick Paul scored on a snap shot to the top right corner on a breakaway to give the Senators a 1-0 lead at 1:19 of the first period. It was his first goal in 27 games.
Scheifele one-timed a cross-ice backhand pass from Nikolaj Ehlers to tie it 1-1 at 3:24. The assist was the 300th NHL point for Ehlers.
"He should be very proud of the number," Maurice said. "And then when you look at the improvement in his game in one year, he's a different player now. Not that he was a poor player before -- he's always been dynamic -- but he was banging tonight, he's winning battles. He just creates so much open ice, makes a lot of smart plays, and he's such a positive personality."
