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Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak. Nino Niederreiter and Mark Scheifele scored to help Winnipeg avenge a 3-0 loss in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
The Penguins are now 7 points out of a playoff spot after falling to Winnipeg 2-1 on Saturday.
The Penguins host Florida on Wednesday night
In the eighteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot, there was a lot of winning at the top - and not so much in the bottom half. The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers swept their weeks, while the Pittsburgh Penguins, New Jersey Devils, and Washington Capitals only won once. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.
The Wild moved within three points of St. Louis for the eighth and final playoff spot.