Friday, 31 October 2025 03:21

Jets double up Blackhawks 6-3

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Each member of the Winnipeg Jets number one line had three point nights as they cruised to a 6-3 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks Thursday night.

Gabriel Vilardi scored twice and added an assist and Mark Scheifele scored once and added two assists and Kyle Connor scored and added a pair of assists.

Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who won their second game in a row.

Dylan DeMelo had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 8-3-0.

Teuvo Teravainen, Alex Vlasic and Andre Burakovsky scored for the Blackhawks who kicked off a five-game road trip with a loss.

Spencer Knight turned aside 27 shots for Chicago, who dropped to 5-4-2.

Winnipeg had a pair of goals in both the first and second periods.

The Jets struck early with a power play marker 1:42 into the contest.

With Colton Dach off for hooking Vladislav Namestnikov converted a Gustav Nyquist feed from behind the goal line as he cut for the net to make it 1-0 Jets.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Teuvo Teravainen evened the contest just under the nine minute mark when he found himself alone in front of the net after the puck took a fortunate bounce off the end boards with Hellebuyck behind the Winnipeg net.

Gabriel Vilardi gave the Jets the lead at 16:56 as he finished off a 2-on-1 on a Mark Scheifele feed into a wide open net to make it 2-1.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Mark Scheifele scored 1:54 into the second when he took a Kyle Connor feed and ripped a wrister from the right face off dot, beating Knight just under his glove to make it 3-1 Jets.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Vilardi notched his second goal of the night at 11:19 when Dylan DeMelo found him waiting at the hash mark of the right face off circle, the Jet winger went low, blocker side to score his 4th of the season.

Josh Morrissey made it 5-1 just over halfway through the third when he converted a Dylan DeMelo feed past Knight from the left point.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

"Yeah, I think it was our best 60-minute effort. I mean, you know, there's always things to clean up and but there's a lot to build on. There's been a lot of talk about our second periods and how we did a better job in that frame. So, yeah, it's a good win, and have to keep building," said Morrissey.

Alex Vlasic scored at 13:02 to pull Chicago to within three.

Andre Burakovsky scored a highlight reel goal just over two minutes later when he pulled the puck in between his legs and scored while reaching behind himself to make it 5-3.

"It's just instinct, I was just trying to get a shot off somehow and that's what came out, that's what happened. It's just instinct," he said of his tally.

"It was a good goal but at the end of the day we didn't win the game and that's what's most important obviously. It would have been better if we won."

Kyle Connor made it 6-3 at 17:19 after he cruised around the Chicago net before shelving a backhand to score his 6th goal of the season.

Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel said he was pleased with his team's effort on the night.

“Yeah, that was a real good game. I thought that, there's little things that happen over the course of a game, I don't know if there ever is a perfect 60, but that was one of our best of the year. I liked a lot of what we did, whether that was our coverage, whether than was our breakouts. I thought we were really good on our breakouts. They're a quick, young team and I thought we did a good job, for the most part, trying to stay over top of them and slow them down and, obviously, we capitalized on all our chances," he said.

Blackhawks Head Coach Jeff Blashill was looking for answers from his club heading into the third period.

"One of the things I would say is we haven't been down three kind of going into the third, well we haven't at all year and I thought our guys came out and fought hard. That was one of the things I was interested to see in terms of the character of our group. Were we going to lay down? Are we going to come out and play? I thought we did a good job of that," he said.

Chicago visits Edmonton and Winnipeg hosts Pittsburgh on Saturday.

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Monday, 27 October 2025 00:41

Mammoth edge Jets 3-2

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Dylan Guenther's third period goal with 5:36 remaining proved to be the game winner as the Utah Mammoth edged the Winnipeg Jets by a 3-2 Sunday.

J.J. Peterka beat Hayden Fleury to a puck and poked the disc to Logan Cooley, who relayed the disc to Guenther who was driving the net.

The Utah winger made no mistake, snapping a wrister past Hellebuyck make it 3-2.

Mikhail Sergachev and Michael Carcone also scored for the Mammoth.

Vitek Vanecek turned aside 26 shots for Utah, who moved to 7-2-0.

Dylan DeMelo and Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 6-3-0.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Dylan DeMelo got the Jets on the board 45 seconds into the second period when he took a partner pass from Josh Morrissey along the blue line before moving in and blasting a slap shot through two Mammoth players, beating Vanacek just inside the far post.

Mikhail Sergachev tied the contest on the power play just under halfway through the second when he moved in to the high slot and fired a wrister past Hellebuyck, beating him low blocker side to make it 1-1.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

The Mammoth took the lead at 10:03 of the second on the power play when Michael Carcone finished off a 2-on-1 with Kailer Yamamoto by converting a saucer pass past Hellebuyck.

Mark Scheifele tied the game at two at the 15:09 mark with a power play marker.

Josh Morrissey hit him with a pass from the side boards before Scheifele moved in and fired a wrister past Vanecek.

The goal was Scheifele's 8th of the season.

The assist marked Morrissey's 300th career helper.

Dylan Guenther scored at 15:24 to give Utah the lead.

Utah wraps up a four game road trip on Tuesday against Edmonton while Winnipeg travels to Minnesota.

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Saturday, 25 October 2025 02:55

Jets down Flames 5-3

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist to pace the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-3 win over the visiting Calgary Flames Friday night.

The Jets, who dropped a 3-0 decision to the Seattle Kraken a night earlier rebounded with a decisive win.

Kyle Connor, Alex Iafallo, Jonathan Toews and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets.

Josh Morrissey had three assists for the Jets.

Eric Comrie made 30 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 6-2-0.

Dustin Wolf turned aside 27 shots for Calgary, who dropped to 1-7-1.

The Flames scored first on the power play 5:18 into the first when Morgan Frost hit Nazem Kadri with a cross ice pass which he one timed past Comrie, beating him glove side to make it 1-0.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

Kyle Connor tied the contest just over five minutes into the second period after Josh Morrissey hit him with a no-look pass the Jet winger snapped past Wolf.

Jonathan Toews masterfully redirected a feed from the corner from Josh Morrissey 6:24 into the second period to give the Jets the lead.

The goal was challenged by Calgary but was allowed to stand.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Gabriel Vilardi scored a power play to make it 3-1 Winnipeg at 9:50, lifting a short side backhand past Wolf off a feed from Mark Scheifele.

Mikael Backlund pulled the Flames to within a goal when Blake Coleman sent him in alone on Eric Comrie at 13:56.

The veteran centreman made short work of the Jets backup, beating him with a nifty deke to make it 3-2.

Alex Iafallo restored Winnipeg's two-goal cushion with a power play marker late in the period when Gabriel Vilardi worked the disc around Joel Hanley who was lying on the ice, before sliding the puck to Iafallo who snapped it just inside the right post at 18:50.

Blake Coleman made it 4-3 8:27 into the third period, converting a Mikael Backlund feed from the corner to score his 3rd goal of the season.

Vladislav Namestnikov scored an empty netter with 8 seconds remaining in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.

Calgary hosts the New York Rangers Sunday while Winnipeg hosts Utah.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Mark Scheifele got it done early. Kyle Connor hit him with a cross-ice feed on an early power play, a pass which the Jet veteran hammered past Jusse Saros 2:39 into the contest to give the Jets a 1-0 lead and moved him past former captain Blake Wheeler to become the all time points leader of this version of the Jets with 813.

The Jets went on to top Nashville by a 4-1 score, their fourth win in a row.

Nino Niederreiter and Vladislav Namestnikov each had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

Mark Scheifele and Logan Stanley scored the other Jet goals.

Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 4-1-0.

Michael Bunting scored for the Predators.

Jusse Saros turned aside 20 shots for Nashville who dropped to 2-2-2.

Nino Niederreiter scored on a breakaway at 10:25 of the first after Vladislav Namestnikov hit him with a stretch pass from the faceoff circle, tucking the disc past Saros with a neat backhand deke.

There was no scoring in the second period.

Nashville threatened to score just under five minutes into the second when they enjoyed a two-man advantage for 44 seconds but were unable to score.

Logan Stanley's blast from the left point beat Saros to give Winnipeg a 3-0 lead 5:26 into the third.

Vladislav Namestnikov sealed the win 16:52 into the third, finishing off a neat three-way passing play to score his second goal of the season.

Michael Bunting scored a late third period goal for the Predators, his second of the season.

Winnipeg visits Calgary Monday while Nashville opens a five-game homestand on Tuesday when they host Anaheim.

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Saturday, 11 October 2025 21:05

Scheifele scores twice as Jets edge Kings 3-1

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Mark Scheifele's goal 11:47 into the third period was the game winner as the Winnipeg Jets edged the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 to earn their first win of the NHL season.

The Jet veteran tipped a Josh Morrissey blast from the left point past Kuemper to lift his team to a key early season win.

"It was a good o-zone shift, I think, the defence included. We all supported the puck well, guys in the right spot. Obviously, JMo made a good shot. Just a good o-zone shift," he said.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 30 shots for Winnipeg, who moved to 1-1-0.

Mikey Anderson and Adrian Kempe scored for the Kings.

Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for Los Angeles, who dropped to 1-1-2.

Los Angeles took three early minor penalties which allowed Winnipeg to get their skill game going according to Kings Head Coach Jim Hiller.

"I mean you know I really thought one of the differences was that their top line got feeling good early with the penalties. You know they scored a nice goal but they also got some other good looks. That to me I would think, if you want to go back to last year, we did a really nice job on their top line and you tonight, they were the difference," he said.

The Jets power play made it's mark 4:48 into the opening stanza when Alex Iafallo converted a Kyle Connor feed, taking a slick pass inside the face off circle before moving in close and beating Kuemper with a high wrister.

The goal was his first of the season.

Mikey Anderson tied the game just under a minute into the second when he scored through a screened Hellebuyck from the point.

Adrian Kempe gave Los Angeles the lead 9:12 into the second period when he tipped a relay pass from Antze Kopitar past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his first of the season.

Mark Scheifele's goal late in the second period tied the contest.

The Jet veteran took control of the puck just outside the Winnipeg blue line before moving in close and banking a backhand shot off of Kings defenceman Mikey Anderson and past Kuemper's outstretched pad.

Scheifele's second goal of the contest gave the Jets the lead.

The Jet centre tipped a Josh Morrissey shot from the left point past Kuemper to make it 3-2 Winnipeg.

The goal was his 2nd of the game.

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