Overview
- The victory gives Winnipeg its first back-to-back wins since mid-November and snaps an NHL-record run of 13 straight one-goal losses.
- Tanner Pearson scored the go-ahead goal at 6:17 of the third period off a Josh Morrissey feed to break a 3-3 tie.
- A Jonas Siegenthaler tally was wiped out after Winnipeg won a coaches' challenge for goaltender interference on Paul Cotter.
- New Jersey dropped its fourth straight to fall to 22-21-2, with Winnipeg-born Cody Glass scoring twice and Nico Hischier adding a goal as the Jets moved to 17-22-5.
- Jets defenseman Colin Miller left late in the first with a lower-body injury, while the Devils gave Johnathan Kovacevic his season debut and made Dougie Hamilton a healthy scratch.