News briefs for April 10, 2022

OTTAWA — Far from pretty, the Winnipeg Jets spun, at times, an ugly effort into a much-needed win, beating the Ottawa Senators 4-3 at Canadian Tire Centre Sunday night.

Nikolaj Ehlers, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Paul Stastny and Kyle Connor each scored for the Jets, while Brady Tkachuk scored twice and Josh Norris got the other goal for the Senators.

The win improved the Jets record to 34-28-11 and snapped a four-game losing streak dating back to late March. The Senators dropped to 26-39-6 with the loss, in what was their third consecutive defeat. 

The Jets wrap up their two-game road trip against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre Monday night.

OTTAWA — The Winnipeg Jets lead the Ottawa Senators 3-1 after two periods of play at Canadian Tire Centre.

The Senators opened the scoring just 1:48 into the game, with Josh Norris firing a shot from in close that beat Connor Hellebuyck glove side for his team-leading 32nd goal of the season. The Jets would tie it late in the period, with just 1:11 remaining, with a goal from Nikolaj Ehlers.

Winnipeg then scored twice in the second frame — a power-play goal by Pierre-Luc Dubois, with Paul Stastny notching the other — to take a 3-1 edge.

Shots are 20-17 in favour of Ottawa.

OTTAWA — The Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators are tied 1-1 after one period of play at Canadian Tire Centre.

The Senators opened the scoring just 1:48 into the game, with Josh Norris firing a shot from in close that beat Connor Hellebuyck glove side for his team-leading 32nd goal of the season. 

The Jets would tie in late in the period, with just 1:11 remaining, with a goal from Nikolaj Ehlers. Ehlers shot the puck towards the net and it bounced off a Senators defender and past Mads Sogaard to make it a 1-1 game.

Shots are 12-5 in favour of Ottawa.

An adult male is in custody after three people were found dead inside a Portage la Prairie home that was consumed by fire early Sunday morning.

RCMP responded to the house fire on 7th Street SE around 1 a.m.

Three people were found dead inside the house after firefighters extinguished the blaze.

Police said the deaths are considered suspicious.

The RCMP’s major crime services along with its forensic identification section, Portage la Prairie RCMP and the Office of the Fire Commissioner, continue to investigate.

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OTTAWA — Blake Wheeler has been ruled out of tonight’s game against the Ottawa Senators, making it a second straight tilt the captain will miss with an upper-body injury.

Wheeler is on the Jets current two-game road trip, which wraps up in Montreal with a game against the Canadiens Monday night. Jets interim head coach Dave Lowry said Wheeler made the trip as part of his treatment, but didn’t elaborate from there, noting he remains day-to-day.

The lineup remains the same as Friday’s home game against Colorado.

Jets line combinations:

Stastny-Scheifele-Ehlers

Connor-Dubois-Svechnikov

Sanford-Lowry-Appleton 

Barron-Toninato-Brooks

Morrissey-DeMelo

Schmidt-Pionk

Samberg-Dillon

Hellebuyck

Comrie

A 27-year-old driver who fled from an attempted traffic stop by Winnipeg police, later died after hitting a building on Saturday night.

Around 9:10 p.m., police said officers tried to stop a vehicle with lapsed insurance in the area of Selkirk Avenue and McKenzie Street. The driver fled, but was not pursued, police said. A short time later, the vehicle was found to have collided with a building in the 500 block of Selkirk Avenue.

The male driver was transported to a hospital in critical condition, where he died.

Anyone with information or that may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact investigators at 204-986-7085.

Winnipeg police have identified the victim in a Magnus Avenue homicide investigation and charged another Winnipeg man in relation to his death.

Police responded on Friday evening to a report of a male armed with weapons in the 500 block of Magnus Avenue. A male suspect was arrested outside a residence and a man was found dead inside the home.

On Sunday, police identified the victim in the homicide investigation as Franklin Aaron Tobacco, a 31-year-old male of Winnipeg.

David Allan Morrisseau, a 29-year-old male of Winnipeg, has been charged with second-degree murder and remains in custody.