Morrissey's 3-point night leads Jets past Oilers in high-scoring affair
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Defenceman Josh Morrissey knew the Jets needed to rebound from a deflating loss to the Oilers in Edmonton the night before.
Morrissey scored two goals and an assist to lead Winnipeg to a 7-5 victory over the Oilers before a sold-out crowd of 15,324 at Canada Life Centre on Saturday.
The Oilers had scored an early power-play goal en route to a 6-3 triumph over Winnipeg on Friday. But the Jets stuck with it in a back-and-forth battle.
"I think that shows that we were ready to play tonight, and even some adversity early wasn't going to affect our ability to keep playing and play the rest of the 50 minutes, or whatever it was," Morrissey said.
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Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry, Kyle Copabianco, Morgan Barron and Dylan DeMelo, into an empty net, also scored for the Jets, who snapped a five-game winless streak and a three-game losing skid at home.
Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl scored three goals, while Mattias Janmark and Nick Bjugstad added singles.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 30-of-35 shots for Winnipeg (36-25-2), which improved its home record to 21-10-1.
Netminder Jack Campbell made 31 saves on 37 shots for Edmonton (34-22-8).
Lowry snapped a 35-game goalless drought — the longest of his career — when he tipped a pass from Barron into the net to tie the game 3-3 early in the second period.
"Honestly, it was huge," admitted a relieved Lowry. "The longer that thing goes on, the more you think about it and the more ways it just starts affecting other parts of your game.
"It's nice to get that out of the way. [Barron] snapped his slump as well. Nice to get a little secondary scoring and get back into the win column."
Barron had a 20-game drought.
"They've got a couple of guys that are among the best in the world, the best player in the world [Connor McDavid], and Leon, who is in the conversation as well," Lowry said.
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