Rookie forward Brad Lambert scored his first NHL goal and backup goalie Eric Comrie made 28 saves for the red-hot Winnipeg Jets in a 5-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

Kyle Connor scored twice, including an empty-net goal, and Gabriel Valardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for Winnipeg (9-3-0).

Sidney Crosby and Blake Lizotte countered and Arturs Silovs made 29 saves in a losing cause for Pittsburgh (8-3-2).

Vilardi scored 15 seconds after opening puck drop while fans were still in the Canada Life Centre concourses buying food and drink. He corralled a Josh Morrissey rebound and banked the puck off Silovs into the net.

Lambert struck at 2:43 when he was parked to Silovs' right and fellow freshman Parker Ford carried the puck behind the Penguins net and at

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