Jets’ Ondrej Pavelec stops 28, shuts out Canucks
Posted March 22, 2016 8:08 pm.
Last Updated March 22, 2016 8:11 pm.
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WINNIPEG, MB (NEWS 1130) – Ondrej Pavelec recorded his first shutout of the season and Adam Lowry scored the only goal that was needed as the Jets beat the Canucks 2-0.
Pavelec stopped all 28 Vancouver shots for his ninth victory of his injury-shortened season, while Jacob Markstrom made 47 saves for the Canucks in a losing cause.
Mark Scheifele added an empty-netter in the dying seconds of the game for his team-leading 24th of the season.
Vancouver has now been shut out in its last three contests, having not scored a goal in 11 periods dating back to the first period of its March 16 matchup at home against the Colorado Avalanche.
Early in the third period Lowry found a net-side puck in traffic and quickly wrapped it around and banked it in off Markstrom’s skate to make it 1-0 Winnipeg at the 2:30 mark.
Lowry’s 6th of the season is the sophomore’s second goal in his last five games, having gone without a goal in 17 games previous to that.
The Canucks will head to Nashville to face the Predators on Thursday.