Jets drop 4th in a row in overtime loss to league-leading Avalanche

Josh Morrissey believes the Winnipeg Jets showed their no-quit character in a 5-4 overtime loss to the league-leading Colorado Avalanche on Friday.

The Jets scored twice in the final four minutes of the third period to send the game into overtime, but Avalanche defenceman Cale Makar sealed the visitors' victory with a power-play goal 2:42 into the extra period.

"We understand the situation and where we are at in the standings," Morrissey said. "We had a conversation [after the second period] about not quitting and how we want to look at this next stretch of games here.

The Jets, who are winless in their last four games (0-3-1), are seven points behind the idle Dallas Stars for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Vegas and Vancouver are also in the mix and didn't play.

The Avalanche extended their win streak to five games. Makar, Andre Burakovsky and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and an assist. Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Erik Johnson and Nathan MacKinnon also scored.

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Pavel Francouz stopped 39 shots for Colorado (51-14-6), which is 9-1-1 in its last 11 games and finishes a three-game road trip Saturday in Edmonton against the Oilers.

Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers both scored twice and added an assist each for Winnipeg (33-29-10).

Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves in his 60th game of the season for the Jets, who ended a three-game homestand with an 0-2-1 record.

Ehlers and Scheifele produced an exciting finish for the 13,900 fans at Canada Life Centre.

Colorado forward Mikko Rantanen then took a penalty with 44 seconds left. The Jets pulled Hellebuyck for a two-man advantage and Ehlers scored with 16 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.