Winnipeg's Playoff Hopes Suffer Blowm With Loss to Ottawa WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Jets" playoff dream was all but dashed Monday night, and their defeat will probably put another Canadian club out of Stanley Cup contention. Thirty six seconds after they tied the Ottawa Senators, the Jets stood in their own end watching as Daniel Alfredsson scored the winning goal with 2 minutes 33 seconds left to play. An empty-netter followed, giving Ottawa a 6-4 victory. The loss in the sloppy game left Winnipeg with 78 points, 6 out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They have six games remaining, including one at home against the Rangers on Wednesday. The Senators, also in playoff jeopardy, are in seventh place with 88 points, 4 more than Washington and Buffalo, but Ottawa has played one more game. At least four of the game's goals were the result of giveaways. The Jets rallied from deficits of 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 to tie the game, only to let it slip through their fingers. "After this, we can't expect to make the playoffs," Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec said. I don't know what to say. Pavelec, who stopped 29 shots, was left to fend for himself on the decisive goal. Filip Kuba's shot from the point bounced off Pavelec's pad to Alfredsson, who swept in the rebound for his second goal of the night. The five Jets skaters - defensemen Ron Hainsey and Dustin Byfuglien and forwards Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler and Jim Slater - seemed paralyzed during the entire sequence. "We got too excited," Slater said. The Jets had tied the game when the puck bounced off Evander Kane and past goalie Craig Anderson during a goal-mouth scramble. Anderson stopped 44 shots for the Senators. The play was reviewed, and the Jets" fans - perhaps the loudest in the N.H.L. - chanted, Goal, goal, goal" and pointed to the center circle. The roar was deafening when the goal was signaled. "I thought we were headed to overtime," Senators General Manager Bryan Murray said. It seemed as if the home-ice magic that had propelled the Jets to a 23-11-4 record at MTS Centre might be cooking again. But after Alfredsson's goal, the fans were silent, and they filed out when Milan Michalek scored into an empty net with 34 seconds left. Entering Monday, only one Canadian team was assured of a playoff spot: the Vancouver Canucks, who stood second in the Western Conference. The Toronto Maple Leafs were in 13th place in the East and sure to miss the postseason for a seventh straight year. The Montreal Canadiens were in 15th and could finish last for only the ninth time in their storied existence. In the West, the Calgary Flames were in 11th place, but only a point out of a playoff berth after beating Dallas on Monday. The Oilers were in 14th and as good as eliminated. The number of Canadian teams in the playoffs has been steadily declining since 2004, when five made it. After the lockout season, the number dropped to four, then to three the next four years. In 2011, it was down to the Canadiens and the Canucks. Vancouver made it to Game 7 of the final before falling to the Boston Bruins. "Play hockey," Andrew Ladd, the Jets" captain, said with a shrug when asked what the Jets will do now. Keep plugging away. Try to win some games.