WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Kings have had enough trouble scoring goals when they’re healthy, so being short-handed was a recipe for trouble no matter the opponent. Mark Scheifele scored two goals, Vladislav Namestnikov and Jonathan Toews both ended lengthy goal-scoring droughts, and the Winnipeg J ets ended their 11-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the depleted Kings on Friday night. The Kings, who lost for the 10th time in their past 14 games, were without captain Anže Kopitar (lower-body), Joel Armia (upper-body), Trevor Moore (upper-body) and Corey Perry (personal reasons). “I feel like everybody knew they’re on a bad losing streak there, and they came out desperate, wanted it,” Kings forward Quinton Byfield, who scored their lone goal, told NHL.com. “That’s all they did. They just outmuscled a couple, got to the net a little bit harder than us. Obviously, their goalie played well, as well. So, they just knew what they had to do, and obviously, being on that losing streak, they came out hard.” The Jets (16-22-5) were winless (0-7-4) since a 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Dec. 13. It was their longest skid since the team moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011. Namestnikov ended a 29-game goal drought, while Toews halted a 26-game scoring slump. Cole Koepke also scored for the Jets and Gabriel Vilardi had two assists. Eric Comrie made 23 saves. Darcy Kuemper stopped 11 of the 16 shots he faced before he was replaced by Anton Forsberg to start the third period. Forsberg made three saves for the Kings (18-15-10). Logan Stanley took a one-timer from the left point that was tipped into the net by Namestnikov for a 1-0 lead at 1:31 of the first period. Koepke’s one-timer from the right circle with 1:55 left in the period made it 2-0. “Really, it was probably their power play, I think, (that) got (them) some momentum with five minutes left in the first period,” Kings coach Jim Hiller told NHL.com. “I didn’t think they had much prior to that besides the goal. So that set us back just a little bit, and then we have a chance to bury one. We didn’t get it.” Toews tapped in his fourth goal of the season 2:07 into the second frame to make it 3-0. A shot from Jets defenseman Colin Miller went off the skate of Kings forward Alex Laferriere, off the post and then behind Kuemper. Toews skated in and slapped the puck into the net. “I think we had a couple unfortunate bounces against us,” Kings forward Adrian Kempe told NHL.com. “But other than that, I think you’re down a couple of goals, it’s tough to start climbing back. Tried to look for one or a couple, but I think we had our chances. It’s been kind of the same issue as it’s been all year, and it’s putting more than one or two on the board, and it continued tonight.” Byfield was credited with a goal seven minutes later after a shot off the rush by Warren Foegele was tipped by Taylor Ward and off the skate of Byfield, and then into the net to cut it to 3-1. Winnipeg challenged for goaltender interference on Byfield, but the goal was upheld after a video review, resulting in a delay of game penalty on the Jets. “I feel like there’s a lot of bounces out there today, you know?” Byfield said. “Unfortunate, but there’s also some on us. Like, there’s some chances I’d like back where maybe I pass instead of shooting. I think we only had (five) shots in the first, so that’s probably a big area. Just getting pucks to the net, playing down low, so there’s some factors there.” Winnipeg killed the penalty and then scored twice more before the end of the period. Scheifele scored on a power play at 12:35 when his centering pass from behind the net took a wild bounce off of Byfield’s skate and elevated over Kuemper’s shoulder, giving Winnipeg a 4-1 lead. He followed with his team-leading 22nd goal of the season on a one-timer from the left circle with 43 seconds left in the period. “I thought we started fine,” Hiller said. “I would say they had some timely goals. They certainly didn’t spend a lot of time in our zone, but they had some good rush attack. They’ve got some guys that can finish, so that was probably the difference.” Winnipeg’s Nino Niederreiter picked up an assist for his first point in 18 games. Kyle Connor extended his point streak to five games with an assist. “It’s been mentally, physically, emotionally hard on everyone,” Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel told NHL.com of his team’s losing streak. “We got through it. We did what we needed to do. Now we need to move forward and build off it.” UP NEXT The Kings take on the rival Oilers in Edmonton on Saturday at 7 p.m. PT. Related Articles Kings head to Canada for quick back-to-back trip Macklin Celebrini, Sharks rally to edge Kings in OT Kings scrambling minus Kopitar, Armia, Moore and Perry Kings hope to keep rolling vs. Sharks and Macklin Celebrini Kings beat Wild for 2nd time in 3 days ...read more read less