Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to assist the Winnipeg Jets keep alive of their Western Convention semifinal collection with a 4-0 victory towards the visiting Dallas Stars in Recreation 5 on Thursday.
The Stars maintain a 3-2 lead within the best-of-seven collection heading to Recreation 6 on Saturday in Dallas.
Hellebuyck has two shutouts within the collection, 5 in his postseason profession and 50 general.
His dwelling shutout streak stretched to 143:22.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored two targets, Mark Scheifele had a purpose and an help, Vladislav Namestnikov additionally scored and Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk had two assists every for the Jets, who have been coming off losses in Video games 3 and 4 at Dallas.
Jake Oettinger made 31 saves for the Stars, who have been shut out 4-0 in Recreation 2.
After the Jets outshot the Stars 11-4 in a scoreless first interval, Hellebuyck made a glove save on Dallas defenseman Thomas Harley from in shut within the opening minute of the second interval and later a poke verify on Wyatt Johnston’s drive to the web.
Connor then retrieved the puck and traded passes with Pionk as they raced via all three zones. Connor then handed to a trailing Scheifele, who took a shot from the correct circle that nicked the stick of Johnston, banked off the skate of Harley and into his personal web to present the Jets a 1-0 lead at 6:17.
It was Winnipeg’s solely shot on purpose via the primary 13 minutes of the second interval.
The Jets have been 1-for-18 on the facility play within the collection when Dallas dedicated tripping penalties 11 seconds aside early within the third interval.
The Jets scored 30 seconds into the two-man benefit when Ehlers acquired a move to the facet of the web and skated in shut earlier than firing the puck into the far facet for a 2-0 lead at 2:20.
Winnipeg added one other power-play purpose with 7:53 remaining within the recreation. Alex Iafallo made a backhand move from under the purpose line to Namestnikov, who was chopping via the correct circle. Namestnikov scored with a one-timer.
Ehlers scored into an empty web with 45 seconds left.
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