The Jets extend their point streak to five games.
By Scott Billeck / NHL.com Correspondent
WINNIPEG, MAN. — Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Bell MTS Place on Friday.
Wheeler has scored in four straight games and has eight points (five goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak.
Dustin Byfuglien, Jacob Trouba and Bryan Little also scored for the Jets (24-11-7), who extended their point streak to five games. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for his 22nd win. He is 6-0-2 in his past eight starts.
Marco Scandella, Johan Larsson and Scott Wilson scored for the Sabres, (10-22-9), who were playing the second game of a back to back after losing 6-2 against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Chad Johnson allowed four goals on 29 shots.
Buffalo, 1-3-2 in its past six games, went 0-for-5 on the power play.
Byfuglien scored his first of the season on a point shot on the power play at 9:27 of the first period to make it 1-0.
Scandella, also without a goal this season, tied it 1-1 on a point at 11:40.
Trouba made it 2-1, with his point shot beating Johnson at 15:46.
Wheeler extended Winnipeg’s lead to 3-1, scoring on a wrist shot on the power play at 6:06 of the second period.
Larsson made it 3-2 at 18:03.
Little scored 25 seconds into the third period to make it 4-2 before Wilson pulled the Sabres back to 4-3 at 12:17.