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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Jacob Trouba scored twice and Bryan Little had three assists as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Tuesday night. Trouba's short-handed goal in the first period opened the scoring for the Jets (17-17-2), who also had goals from Andrew Ladd and Alexander Burmistrov. Pavel Datsyuk scored on a power play for the Red Wings (18-12-7). Connor Hellebuyck was solid once again for the Jets, stopping 33 shots to improve to 7-3-0 in his rookie season. Jimmy Howard began the night in goal for the Red Wings but was chased in the second period after allowing four goals on 14 shots. The Jets found themselves short-handed early as Adam Lowry sat for four minutes following a high- stick infraction. But some textbook penalty killing led to the team's sixth short-handed goal of the year. Drew Stafford found Trouba, who was the trail man on a 3-on-2 rush, and the defenseman buried his shot just under the bar at 4:27. Winnipeg doubled its lead on a 5-on-3 just past the midway point of the period. Ladd fired home his 10th after Wheeler picked out his captain from behind the red line at 10:29. The Jets went up 3-0 4:13 into the second period as Burmistrov snapped a 22-game goal-less drought with his third of the season. The Russian, who spent the last two seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League, picked the puck up in the neutral zone raced in on the off-wing, snapping a wrist shot high and past Howard. The goal was the third in nine shots for the Jets. Trouba scored his second on a drive from the point to make it 4-0. That was it for Howard, who gave up four goals on 14 shots. Petr Mrazek took his place in the Red Wings' goal. Detroit got on the scoreboard 1:52 in the final period as Datsyuk scored from the high slot for his first power-play goal of the season. Game notes
The Jets will embark on a five-game road trip to kick off the New Year. Their first game comes New Year's Eve in Arizona to face the Coyotes. ... Detroit heads home for a single game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on New Year's Eve before setting off on a six-game road trip.
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