OTTAWA – Al Montoya stopped 33 shots to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 1-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.

Alex Ponikarovsky had the lone goal, scoring at 5:57 of the third period. But Ottawa had no answer for Montoya, who replaced an ailing Ondrej Pavelec (flu) for his first shutout of the season and third of his career.

Ottawa backup Ben Bishop made just his second start of the season as Craig Anderson got the day off. Bishop was solid, finishing with 36 saves.

Kyle Wellwood intercepted a clearing attempt and took a shot from inside the blue-line that Ponikarovsky deflected in off Bishop’s shoulder and both posts.

Ottawa (6-4-2) has scored just seven goals in its past five games. Four came in a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Twice the Senators have lost 1-0 decisions in that span.

Goaltending hasn’t been an issue as Ottawa has allowed just 15 goals in its past eight games.

The Jets (5-5-1) have won just twice in six contests but snapped a three-game road losing streak.

NOTES— The Jets came into the game with the most points from their defence corps with 34. St. Louis was second with 31 points, four more than Ottawa . . . Senators’ forwards Eric Condra and Colin Greening have each gone five games without a point . . . Jim O’Brien and Andres Benoit were scratches for the Senators while Anthony Peluso and Dustin Byfuglien didn’t dress for the Jets.