Mark Scheifele had a purpose and three assists and the Winnipeg Jets cruised to a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night time in Saint Paul, Minn.
Gabriel Vilardi, Jonathan Toews and Josh Morrissey every completed with a purpose and an help for Winnipeg, which received its fourth in a row. Logan Stanley and Tanner Pearson additionally scored. For Toews, the factors had been the 900th and 901st of his profession.
Danila Yurov and Marcus Johansson scored for Minnesota, which has misplaced three straight (0-2-1).
The Jets matched a season excessive with six objectives, first achieved in a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 30.
Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped 32 of 34 pictures to earn the victory.
Minnesota goaltender Jesper Wallstedt allowed six objectives on 20 pictures. Filip Gustavsson changed him within the third interval and stopped all eight pictures he confronted.
The Jets sprinted to a 3-0 lead with a trio of objectives within the last six minutes of the primary interval.
Toews began the scoring when he punched in a rebound on the facility play. The tally marked his 900th level and gave him a four-game purpose streak.
Pearson made it 2-0 when he scored on his personal rebound with 10.5 seconds to go within the first. Eight seconds later, Morrissey scored on a slap shot to place the Jets on high 3-0.
The Wild pulled inside 3-1 on Yurov’s purpose with 15:07 remaining within the second.
Winnipeg scored the following three objectives to place the sport out of attain.
Stanley blasted a shot from the left circle halfway via the second for an unassisted purpose to make it 4-1.
Villardi elevated the Jets’ result in 5-1 when he tallied the group’s second power-play purpose of the night with 7:09 left within the second. He poked in a unfastened puck close to the crease.
Scheifele, who assisted on three of the Jets’ first 5 objectives, obtained in on the scoring with 2:48 remaining within the second. He scored on a one-timer from the fitting circle.
Johansson completed the scoring for the Wild with 2:42 left within the third.
