The Winnipeg Jets remain winless on their four-game homestand following a 6-3 loss to the Boston Bruins on Thursday night at Canada Life Centre.

Morgan Barron opened the scoring 5:59 into the first period, but the Jets quickly gave up three straight goals in less than four minutes, giving Boston a 3-1 lead. Alex Iafallo capped off the five-goal opening period with his fifth of the season to make it 3-2 Bruins after 20 minutes.

Hampus Lindholm wired home his second of the season in the second period to make it 4-2, before Winnipeg struck late in the stanza on the power play, with Gabriel Vilardi scoring his 14th to pull the Jets within one. Elias Lindholm restored Boston’s two-goal cushion late in the third period, and David Pastrnak capped off his four-point night with an empty-net goal to seal the 6-3 win for the B’s.

The loss drops Winnipeg to .483 on the season at 14-15-1.

On Tuesday night against the Dallas Stars, the Jets held Dallas to just 19 shots on goal but still fell 4-3 in regulation. A big reason was a lacklustre penalty kill, as Dallas converted twice on four power play opportunities while Winnipeg went 0-for-4 on its own power play.

It was a similar story against Boston, except the Bruins scored back-to-back power play goals in the first period just 2:04 apart. Pastrnak ripped a shot past Eric Comrie from the top of the right circle to tie the game at 1-1 with his 12th of the season, before Casey Mittelstadt put Boston ahead with his seventh following a clean setup from Mason Lohrei.

Vilardi did score on the power play for the Jets, but they failed to capitalize on three other opportunities.

How many times over the past couple of weeks have we seen the Jets get burned by goals coming minutes, or even seconds, apart?

On Dec. 1 in Buffalo, they gave up two goals in 15 seconds in the first period. On Dec. 6 in Edmonton, they surrendered two in 1:47. Tuesday against Dallas, two more came in the opening 2:31 of the second period, and now against Boston, the Jets allowed two power play goals in 2:04.

This has become a troubling trend, and it’s absolutely killing this team, especially when they’re trying to mount late pushes to tie games. It’s a big reason why the Jets already have six one-goal regulation losses this season.

The Jets are quite literally sinking in the standings. They now sit sixth in the Central Division, just one point ahead of being tied with the Nashville Predators for last. Winnipeg is bottom-five in the league at 28th overall and has gone 2-7-1 in its last 10 games.

At this point, the Jets need something, anything, to get going quickly, or they risk finding themselves at the bottom of the league and miles out of a playoff spot by the New Year.

Winnipeg will look to end its three-game losing skid Saturday night at home against the Washington Capitals in Nino Niederreiter’s 1000th NHL game. Puck drop is scheduled for shortly after 6:00 p.m. CST on Sportsnet West.