Perfetti made it 3-2 at 5:51 of the third period with his second goal of the game, scoring on a loose puck at the left side of the net.
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists and got his 500th NHL point for the Jets (33-14-3), who have points in seven of their past nine (6-2-1). Dylan DeMelo had two assists, and Connor Hellebuyck made 17 saves.
Nick Schmaltz and Barrett Hayton scored, and Clayton Keller had two assists for Utah (21-20-7), which had won three straight, including a 5-2 home victory against Winnipeg on Monday. Connor Ingram made 24 saves.
Perfetti put the Jets in front 1-0 with a power-play goal at 17:52 of the first period. Ehlers set it up on the rush with a cross-ice feed to Perfetti for a one-timer from low in the right face-off circle.
Schmaltz tied it 1-1 on the power play at 1:13 of the second period when he tipped Michael Kesselring’s point shot.
David Gustafsson gave Winnipeg a 2-1 lead at 8:48 with his first goal of the season. DeMelo’s dump-in took a strange bounce off the boards in the right corner, and with Ingram behind his goal getting ready to play the puck, Gustafsson shot into an open net from the left circle.
Hayton tied it 2-2 at 1:19 of the third, scoring with a wrist shot from above the right circle after taking a pass from John Marino as the trailer on the rush.
After Perfetti put the Jets ahead, Utah forward Nick Bjugstad circled in front for a shot but hit the post at 9:50.
Ehlers pushed the lead to 4-2 on a breakaway at 12:16 by scoring on a backhand inside the left post.
Perfetti scored into an empty net at 18:15 for the 5-2 final. Ehlers got an assist for his 500th point.
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