Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for his 15th career shutout and the host Dallas Stars defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Thursday night.

It was Oettinger’s third shutout of the season and the sixth time the Jets have been shut out.

Arttu Hyry and Adam Erne had a goal and an assist each and Matt Duchene also scored for the Stars (45-19-12, 102 points), who snapped their two-game losing streak and had been 1-4-2 in their previous seven.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 18 shots for the Jets (32-31-12, 76 points), who had won four out of their last five and are chasing a Western Conference wild-card playoff spot.

Dallas scored twice in a span of 1:29 to take a 2-0 lead in the middle of the first period.

Duchene got a power-play goal 9:43 into the game when he banked a shot in off of Hellebuyck from below the goal line to Hellebuyck’s right.

Hyry made it 2-0 with 8:48 left in the opening period by completing a three-way passing play with a shot from the bottom of the right circle off the rush. It was Hyry’s second NHL goal and was the result of a turnover by Alex Iafollo in the Winnipeg zone.

The Stars had an 11-4 shots advantage in the first.

Erne made it 3-0 2:15 into the second period when he tipped in a shot from the left point by defenseman Lian Bichsel.

Winnipeg defenseman Elias Salomonsson left in the middle of the second period with an injury after a hit from Dallas’ Jason Robertson. Per multiple reports, Salomonsson was placed in concussion protocol.

The two captains, the Jets’ Adam Lowry and the Stars’ Jamie Benn, fought at center ice at 9:24 of the third period.

Oettinger made an outstanding save on Connor from the bottom of the right circle during a Winnipeg power play with around 8:50 left.

Morgan Barron returned for the Jets after missing two games with a concussion.

Dallas defenseman Tyler Myers missed his second straight game due to an undisclosed injury.

–Field Level Media