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Jets score twice in third to defeat Avs

The Winnipeg Jets won for the first time this season when trailing after two periods when they defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 at MTS Centre on Saturday.

Two third-period goals 1:35 apart completed a 2-0 comeback by the Jets. Winnipeg had been 0-24-3 when trailing after the second period.

Adam Lowry broke a 2-2 tie with 10:59 remaining, stuffing a shot past Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov for his fifth goal. Drew Stafford had made it 2-2 with his 18th goal at 7:26.

Mark Scheifele started the comeback on the power play with his team-leading 22nd goal when snapped a low far-side shot from the right circle past Varlamov at 16:29 of the second period to make it 2-1.

In his past 12 games, Scheifele has 17 points (10 goals, seven assists). The goal extended his point streak to a career-high seven games (seven goals, three assists) with a second-period goal.

The Jets (28-35-5) won for the second time in their past 10 home games (2-7-1). Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec made 35 saves.

Erik Johnson and Matt Duchene scored for the Avalanche (35-31-4), and Varlamov had 27 saves.

After a scoreless first period, the Avalanche scored twice in a 1:53 span in the second period.

Colorado went up 1-0 when Johnson took Duchene's cross-ice pass to the right circle and snapped his 10th goal high past Pavelec at 4:02 of the second period. Johnson reached 10 or more goals for the second consecutive season and third time in his career.

Duchene made it 2-0 with his team-leading 29th goal when Pavelec failed to cover a rebound. After several tries, Duchene managed to shove the loose puck into the net at 5:55.

The Avalanche remain tied with the Minnesota Wild for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Each team has 74 points, but Minnesota has played one fewer game.

-- by Patrick Williams for NHL.com --