Ondrej Pavelec recorded a win in his first game in the NHL this season.

Pavelec, who started the season in the American Hockey League with the Manitoba Moose and was called up by the Jets on Tuesday, made 30 saves as Winnipeg defeated the Arizona Coyotes 6-3 Wednesday night at MTS Centre.

Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp, Joel Armia, Jacob Trouba and Nikolaj Ehlers with his 15th of the season did the goal scoring for the Jets who trailed 2-1 after the first period but then scored five unanswered.

"I think a lot of guys stepped up and we've played pretty well as a team," said Trouba. "When we got down early we didn't really change our game or start chasing. We stayed confident with the way we played, and I think it showed."

Josh Jooris, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Jakob Chychrun replied for the Coyotes.

"They picked up their level and we didn't match it," said Arizona captain Shane Doan. "They had a goal early and once they had a goal early they shut their momentum and they kept going. We had a couple opportunities, Pavelec made a big save for them to keep it 3-2 or 4-2 or whatever. They seemed to get more jump off of that and we got to be better. We got to find ways to compete better."

The Jets (21-23-4), who snapped a four-game losing streak, will host the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

 

photos courtesy Ray Peters