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Jets Snap Blackhawks' Winning Streak

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Michael Hutchinson stopped 45 shots and Andrew Ladd scored on the power play to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Bryan Little set up a pair of goals for the Jets, who stopped the Blackhawks' four-game winning streak.

The Jets (6-3-1) were ahead 2-1 going into the third period on goals by Blake Wheeler and Ladd.

Mark Scheifele added to the lead at 8:04 when he took a pass from rookie Nikolaj Ehlers and beat goalie Corey Crawford on the short side.

Patrick Kane scored the game's first goal, his sixth of the season, at 1:26 into the game on a power play for Chicago (6-4-0).

Crawford had come into the game with a pair of shutouts in his four straight wins. He stopped 28 shots.

The Jets got off on the wrong foot when defenseman Toby Enstrom took a hooking penalty 18 seconds into the game.

The reigning Stanley Cup champions made them pay, as Kane took a cross-ice pass from center Artemi Panarin and fired a low shot past Hutchinson.

Wheeler tied it at 1 with his fifth goal of the season after Little won the faceoff, sent the puck back to him and he delivered a low shot from the top of the circle that went under Crawford's stretched-out left leg at 8:12 of the first.

With hometown product Jonathan Toews in the box for holding, the Jets peppered shots at Crawford until Ladd flipped in a Little rebound to go ahead 2-1 at 5:09 of the second.

Chicago pulled Crawford with just under three minutes remaining, but Hutchinson withstood the challenge of the extra skater.

It was the final game of Winnipeg's season-long, six-game homestand (3-2-1)

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