Svechnikov scores winner, Jets beat Habs for second straight road win

MONTREAL — The Winnipeg Jets’ chances at making the playoffs are slim, but they've let the NHL know they haven’t given up.

The Jets swept a brief two-game road trip with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. The victory came on the heels of a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators the night before.

Connor Hellebuyck started both games of the back-to-back and made 23 saves in Monday's win.

Jets interim coach Dave Lowry’s reasoning for the consecutive starts was simple.

"We're still fighting for every game. We're in desperation mode right now,” Lowry said. "It would be no different if we were in a playoff series and we were going back-to-back. That was the conversation, we had an understanding that we have to win every game here and just take care of business each and every night"

With the win, the Jets (35-28-11) are now five points away from the Dallas Stars and the second wild card playoff spot in the Western Conference. However, the Stars have two games in hand on the Jets.

Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey said players know what they're up against, but added that there’s no sense of panic in the locker room.

“I don't think you can really afford to talk about that,” Morrissey said. “I mean, we're just trying to win games, get two points, one point, whatever we can do. (We) hope to get some help from other teams, but I don't think we really talk about anything bigger than the next game.

"You can't really look too far in the future. We know where we're at."

The Canadiens opened the scoring with a goal by Joel Armia, then Josh Anderson tied the game 2-2 in the third period. But even with the strain of five periods over 24 hours in their legs, the Jets rallied and Evgeny Svechnikov scored the game-winner in