Brutal trip has Devils reeling

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist to lead the Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Devils on Sunday.

Nikolaj Ehlers added a goal and an assist, and Jack Roslovic and Mathieu Perreault also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 34 shots. Blake Wheeler had two assists, extending his point streak to 10 games (two goals, 17 assists).

Brett Seney, with his first NHL goal, and Blake Coleman scored for the Devils, and Damon Severson had two assists. Cory Schneider finished with 23 saves. The Devils finished a season-long seven-game trip 16-0 and were outscored 18-6 in the last three games.

Ehlers scored on a rebound at 7:54 of the second to push Winnipeg’s lead to 4-2, and Perrault capped the scoring with 7:13 left in the middle period.

The Jets grabbed a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals 29 seconds apart.

Dustin Byfuglien started it off when he stopped a Devils clearing attempt. Roslovic got the loose puck and fired in his first goal of the season 3:02 into the game. With the assist, Byfuglien extended his point streak to six games (one goal, seven assists).

Wheeler set Scheifele up for his eighth of the season, a one-timer from the slot that beat Schneider on the glove side at 3:31.

Seney, who hails from London, Ontario, and was playing his fifth career game, pulled the Devils within one at 7:15 with a one-timer off Jesper Bratt’s backhand pass.

Scheifele’s team-leading ninth made it 3-1 at 2:58 of the second, but the Devils responded with Coleman’s fifth goal 47 seconds later.

With a delayed penalty coming to the Devils, Winnipeg pulled Hellebuyck for an extra skater and Ehlers used a rebound off Scheifele’s shot to score his fourth goal of the season.