Fowler stops 34 as Canadiens beat Jets 2-1 in Heritage Classic

The Canadiens beat the Jets 2-1 at Princess Auto Stadium in the Heritage Classic. Two goals in a 3:45 stretch of the second period decided it, and Jacob Fowler made them stand.

Fowler, the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.7, stopped 34 shots for a .971 save percentage. Montreal went into the third with a two-goal lead and he protected it.

Lane Hutson broke the scoreless game at 7:19 of the second with a wrist shot, assisted by Noah Dobson and Cole Caufield. Kaiden Guhle doubled the lead at 11:04 with another wrist shot, set up by Caufield and Juraj Slafkovský. Caufield finished with two assists. Winnipeg answered late. Isak Rosén scored at 15:24 of the third on a snap shot, with help from Gabriel Vilardi and Haydn Fleury, but the Jets got no closer.

The Canadiens moved to 6-3-2 and 14 points. The Jets fell to 4-4-3 and 11 points. Chirp's Sim had the Jets at 52% over 10,000 runs, so it missed this one.