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Jets winger Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists.

Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist.

Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets, who won their third straight game.

Eric Comrie stopped 20 shots for Winnipeg, who moved to 34-14-3.

The win was his first since November 1st against Columbus.

MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri scored for the Flames.

Dan Vladar made 22 saves for Calgary (24-17-7), who saw their three-game winning streak snapped.

Kyle Connor opened the scoring 5:28 into the first period when he took a David Gustafsson pass in the neutral zone before splitting the Flames defenceman, moving in and parking a backhand shot just under the cross bar to make it 1-0 Jets.

The goal was his 27th of the season.

Calgary's offence was out of synch on the night as they didn't register their first shot on goal until just past the ten minute mark of the first period. Winnipeg's league leading power play struck twice, marking the 11th time this season the Jets had a pair of power play goals.

Mason Appleton gave Winnipeg a two-goal cushion just over the half way mark of the second period when he snagged Mikael Backland's weak backhand clearing attempt in front of the net and slid the disc past Vladar to make it 2-0 at 10:17.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

With Mason Appleton off for cross checking, MacKenzie Weegar got Calgary on the board with a power play marker at 15:08 when he snuck a slapshot through a screened Eric Comrie to make it 2-1.

Gabriel Vilardi restored Winnipeg's two-goal cushion at 19:09 of the second period when Mark Scheifele hit Dylan Samberg with a cross ice feed and the Jet defenceman adeptly dropped the disc for Vilardi, who was on the way to the net.

Vilardi picked the far corner, hitting the inside of the left post to make it 3-1 Jets.

With Calgary tagged with a too-many-men infraction the league leading Winnipeg power play went to work, converting at 3:07 of the third when Kyle Connor hit Vilardi with a short pass, close in to the net which he converted to score his 22nd goal of the season.

The Flames replied 1:20 later when Nazem Kadri converted a Jake Bean feed from beside the net before stuffing the disc past Comrie from the edge of the crease to make it 4-2 at 4:27.

Mark Scheifele converted a Gabriel Vilardi feed on the power play at 7:08 of the third period to make it 5-2 Jets.

The goal was his 28th of the season.

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Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

David Gustafsson also scored for the Jets, who won their second game in a row.

Dylan DeMelo had a pair of assists.

Winnipeg moved to 33-14-3 on the season.

Nick Schmaltz and Barrett Hayton scored for Utah.

Clayton Keller had a pair of assists for the Hockey Club.

Connor Ingram turned aside 24 shots for Utah, who dropped to 21-20-7.

The Jets got on the board late in the first period with a power play marker when Cole Perfetti converted a cross ice pass Nikolaj Ehlers pass and fired the disc just inside the post.

The goal was his 8th of the season and snapped a 15 game scoring drought.

Nick Schmaltz tied it up on the power play 1:13 into the second when he redirected a Michael Kesselring shot from the top of the faceoff circle past Hellebuyck to make it 1-1.

David Gustafsson gave Winnipeg the lead 8:48 into the second when a Dylan DeMelo shoot in found Gustafsson in front of an abandoned Utah net alone with the puck.

The puck bounced off the end boards and found Connor Ingram in no man's land as the disc took a favorable bounce.

Gustafsson fired the disc into the open goal to score his 1st of the season.

Barrett Hayton scored 1:19 into the third to knot the contest at 2 when John Marino hit him with a crisp pass at the top of the right faceoff circle.

Hayton made no mistake, beating Hellebuyck blocker side with a wrister to score his 12th goal of the season.

Cole Perfetti broke the tie 5:51 into the third when Vladislav Namestnikov slid him the disc in front of the net and he fired it into a wide open net.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Nikolaj Ehlers poked the puck away from Utah defenceman Michael Kesselring at the Winnipeg blue line before breaking in alone on Ingram and flipping a backhand past him at 12:16 to make it 4-2 Jets. Winnipeg hosts Calgary Sunday while Utah visits Ottawa.

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Ehlers got a hold of a loose puck and cut across the top of the faceoff circle before button hooking at the hash marks and found DeMelo, who moved in and fired a wrister past Joey Daccord, beating him high glove side to seal the win for the Jets.

The win was their third straight.

It was also the 600th NHL career game for the Jet defenceman.

Mark Scheifele scored the other goal for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 21-12-3.

Matty Beniers scored for the Kraken, who finished off a five-game road trip with a loss.

Joey Daccord turned aside 34 shots for Seattle, who dropped to 19-24-3.>[> Matty Beniers gave the Kraken 1-0 lead 8:12 into the first period when he jammed a Kappo Kakko backhand feed just under the cross bar.

Mark Scheifele tied the contest 9:35 into the second period on the power play when Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord kicked a rebound off a Kyle Connor shot right to Scheifele, who was parked inside the faceoff circle.

The Jet centre made no mistake, one timing a slap shot past him to score his 27th of the season.

Dylan DeMelo netted the game winner late in the third period to seal the win for the Jets.

Winnipeg wraps up an eight-game homestand Saturday when they face Calgary while Seattle returns home to host Los Angeles.

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It was Connor's sixth career hat trick.

“You’re the recipient of a nice pass on the first one from Gabe. And then the next, just kind of being in the right spot, where the bounces just seem to be goin the right way. Especially early. We’ve had those nights, like the other night, where we’re hitting posts and they’re not going in. So just one of those nights where I was able to bury a couple," said Connor.

The Jet winger had a four-point night overall, assisting on a third period power play goal.

Neal Pionk, Nino Niederreiter and Mark Scheifele also scored for Winnipeg.

Gabriel Vilardi had three assists for the Jets and Cole Perfetti had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 30-12-3.

Nils Hoglander scored for the Canucks.

Kevin Lankinen turned side 27 shots for Vancouver, who dropped to 19-14-10.

The Canucks have lost five of their last six games and finished their five-game road trip with four out of a possible ten points.

Winnipeg has won three of their last four games, their only blemish an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

Connor's first came just under seven minutes into the opening stanza when Gabriel Vilardi who intercepted Lankinen's clearing attempt from behind the net in the corner before feeding Connor who was cruising through the slot.

Connor fired the disc into an open net to make it 1-0 Jets.

Connor scored again at 13:01 when he netted a rebound off a Gabriel Vilardi shot using a backhand deke before sliding the puck past Lankinen.

Connor's third tally came on a breakaway 36 seconds later when Gabriel Vilardi sent him in alone as he beat Lankinen with a forehand deke.

The goal was his 26th of the season.

Neal Pionk scored 39 seconds into the second, blasting a Cole Perfetti feed past Lankinen, beating him high blocker side to give Winnipeg a 4-0 lead.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Nino Niederreiter made it 5-0 at 15:56 when he banked the puck off of Lankinen as he was passing the net.

The goal was his 12th of the season.

With Tyler Myers off for hooking, Mark Scheifele converted a Nikolaj Ehlers feed from the side of the net to make it 6-0 Jets 1:31 into the third.

The goal was his 26th of the season.

Nils Hoglander got Vancouver on the board 9:16 into the third when he stole the puck from Jet defenceman Logan Stanley before breaking in and beating Hellebuyck blocker side with a wrister to score his 3rd of the season.

"They're (Jets) too good of a team to give them a lead like that," said Vancouver winger Connor Garland afterward.

"It's a tough way to go." Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet was succinct in his assessment following the game.

"Three major blunders right? I didn't actually mind the first. But the three mistakes in the net. That's a good hockey club over there (Jets) and then obviously everybody on our team had a tough night," he said.

Both clubs see action again on Thursday as Winnipeg hosts Seattle and Vancouver returns home to face Los Angeles.

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Mark Scheifele scored the other Winnipeg goal.

The Jets rebounded from a 2-1 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings the night previous.

Winnipeg moved to 29-12-3.

Mackenzie Blackwood turned aside 26 shots for Colorado, who finished off a three-game road trip with a loss.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored 1:08 into the first period to get the Jets on the board.

Dylan Samberg hit the Jet winger with a neutral zone pass before Ehlers moved across the Colorado blue line before faking a split of the defence and unleashing a wrister which beat Blackwood glove side.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Mark Scheifele scored at 15:53 of the second period when he converted a Kyle Connor feed after he parked himself at the side of the Colorado net.

Josh Morrissey got the disc to Connor who found a wide open Scheifele who made no mistake, scoring into a wide open goal.

The goal was his 25th of the season.

Colorado Head Coach Jared Bednar pulled his goaltender with 3 minutes remaining in regulation before Ehlers scored an empty netter with just under a minute remaining in the third to seal the win for Winnipeg.

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The only goaltender to reach 300 wins faster was the Montreal Canadiens legendary Jacques Plante.

“It feels good. The anticipation was killing me a little bit. That’s not how I played it out this week, but the guys played so hard in front of me and the crowd was incredible tonight. That’s a very memorable one," said Hellebuyck.

Morgan Barron, Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi scored for Winnipeg, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Mark Scheifele had a pair of assists for the Jets.

Winnipeg moved to 28-12-2.

Roman Josi had a goal and an assist for the Predators.

Filip Forsberg had the other Nashville goal.

Juuse Saros turned aside 26 shots for Nashville, who dropped to 13-21-7.

Morgan Barron scored 6:30 into the first to give the Jets the lead when he stuffed the puck past Saros during a goalmouth scramble.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

Josh Morrissey gave Winnipeg a two-goal lead 16 seconds later after taking a Dylan DeMelo feed before stepping into a slapshot from the left faceoff circle and beating Saros high glove side.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Kyle Connor scored at 18:36, when Mark Scheifele caught him cruising through the slot and slid him the puck from the right side boards.

Connor beat Saros with a short side wrister from the top of the faceoff circle to make it 3-0 Winnipeg.

The goal was his 23rd of the season.

Filip Forsberg scored on the power play at 16:45 to get Nashville on the board when he converted a Roman Josi feed past Hellebuyck, beating the Jets netminder with a low wrister.

The goal was his 10th of the season.

Gabriel Vilardi scored 13 seconds into a power play when he neatly tipped a Nikolaj Ehlers feed past Saros at 7:51 of the third period.

The tally was his 19th of the season.

Roman Josi cut the Winnipeg lead in half at 9:25 when he scored off a slapshot that ricocheted off of Jet defenceman Logan Stanley's skate to make it 4-2.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Nashville had a two-man advantage for 1:28 in the third period when Kyle Connor took a hooking penalty while the Jets were shorthanded with just under seven minutes left in regulation but were unable to score.

Overall the Predators power play sputtered, going 1-7 with the man advantage on the night, a fact not lost on Preds Head Coach Andrew Brunette. “I think when you're 1-for-7, you get a 5-on-3 and you don't score, that always stings a little bit. Besides that, I think for the most part, most of the time I like what we were doing. We didn't get rewarded. You know, I think there's little stretches there where we got a little bit, I guess, sloppy with the puck. We were a little bit slow to move it. We probably left plays out there. That's always frustrating when you're on the power play, watching the power play, when that happens. But, you know, it's been that kind of stretch for us," he said.

Nino Niederreiter flipped the disc into an empty net at 17:55 to seal the win for the Jets.

Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel was happy with the win and took time to describe what he sees in his goaltender, whose milestone wasn't lost on him.

"I think there's been sort of era goalies. I don't want to go too far back and give away my age but I mean if you go through [Martin Brodeur], you go through Patrick Roy, you work your way up. I had a chance to be around [Henrik Lundqvist] in New York. Like elite players that are on the ice trying to score goals, when you see goalies do it because of them playing that position... just like the third period tonight, those shots that were coming at him — especially on that penalty kill — that's the greatness that you see. And to be able to be around that, to watch that and be behind a bench watching that every night — that's special for me. These guys, they only come around every so often. He's one of those guys. And we've got him for a few more years, which is great," he said.

Winnipeg hosts Los Angeles Friday while Nashville returns home to host Washington on Saturday.

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NOTES-Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey left the game in the second period and did not return.

The win was their fourth straight.

“It’s a big win for sure. I feel like we’ve played some really good hockey lately and we continued that tonight. Obviously, they’re a great team and they put us under pressure, but we kind of weathered that and got going," said Raymond.

Dylan Larkin and Alex DeBrincat also scored for Detroit.

Moritz Seider had three assists and Patrick Kane chipped in a pair of assists for the Red Wings.

Alex Lyon turned aside 21 shots for Detroit, who moved to within a game of .500 at 17-18-4.

Josh Morrissey and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for Winnipeg, who lost their 3rd straight game to drop to 27-12-2.

Detroit opened the scoring on the power play 6:25 into the opening stanza when Lucas Raymond found Dylan Larkin inside the left face off circle and hit him with a cross ice pass.

Larkin moved in before ripping a high wrister past Hellebuyck, beating him high blocker side to make it 1-0 Red Wings.

The goal was his 15th of the season.

Lucas Raymond's power play marker 4:33 into the second period gave Detroit a two-goal cushion when he one-timed a Moritz Seider feed past Hellebuyck 4:33 into the second period.

Josh Morrissey cut the Detroit lead in half 5:48 into the second when his slap shot from the left point beat Alex Lyon.

Morrissey, who missed most of the first period after taking a puck in the mouth early on, said his club had a tough start.

"I didn't love our start, obviously. We get behind the eight-ball with a couple of penalties early. It kind of takes a little bit of flow out of the game there for the forward lines, and the D. But then I thought we got our game going in the second period. And the third period we would have liked to find a way to keep it at 2-1 for as long as possible and give ourselves a chance to tie it up. Went down 3-1 and just couldn't find a way to climb back," he said.

Alex DeBrincat restored the two-goal lead 7:14 into the third when he got his stick down in time to redirect a Patrick Kane feed past Hellebuyck to make it 3-1.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored with 3:14 remaining in regulation to pull Winnipeg to within a goal.

Dylan Larkin scored into an empty net with just under thirty seconds left in the third to ice the win for Detroit.

The goal was his 16th of the season.

Detroit Head Coach Todd McLellan said his club is adjusting well to the recent coaching change.

“Well, they've done a really good job. Coming in as a new staff, Trent and I, and joining the group that's here, the focus went on penalty killing. The power play was doing a pretty good job, there hasn't been many tweaks there, a few things we've talked about. But certainly the penalty kill has been a total rebound. Winnipeg didn't get many opportunities, but when they did we held our ground, we did our jobs… and Alex made saves when he needed to make them. So when you win the special teams battle in this league, you have a real good chance at success," he said.

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NOTES-Jets defenceman Colin Miller took a puck in the throat in the first period and did not return. He will be evaluated on Sunday.

Terry, who had a three-point night, fired a pair of goals and an assist.

Ryan picked up the disc just outside the Ducks crease and skated it to the top of the faceoff circle before snapping a low wrister just inside the post to give Anaheim the win.

Leo Carlsson also scored for the Ducks.

Radko Gudas had a goal and an assist for Anaheim.

John Gibson made 27 saves for the Ducks, who won their third straight game to move to within a game of .500 (16-17-4).

Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry scored for Winnipeg, who lost their second straight.

Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 20 shots, who dropped to 27-11-2.

Mark Scheifele scored 33 seconds into the contest after Gabriel Vilardi stripped the puck off Radko Gudas in the corner and got slid the disc to Kyle Connor who was cutting in front of the Anaheim net.

Connor fed Scheifele a nifty backhand pass which he slid into a wide open net.

The goal was his 23rd of the season.

Adam Lowry gave Winnipeg a two-goal lead 17:17 into the first when he finished off a two-on-one with Alex Iafallo, burying his feed with a low blocker side wrister just inside the post.

The goal was his 10th of the season.

Leo Carlsson tipped a Radko Gudas shot from the point past Hellebuyck with just over a minute left in the first period to get Anaheim on the board.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Troy Terry knotted the game at two when he one timed a Ryan Strome feed from the right face off dot just under seven minutes into the second period.

The goal was his 12th of the season.

Alex Iafallo gave the Jets the lead 17:16 into the third when he scored on a wraparound.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Radko Gudas tied it up at 18:10 on a slapshot from the point to make it 3-3.

The game went into overtime.

Troy Terry fired the game winner 3:34 into the extra frame.

Anaheim visits Edmonton Friday while Winnipeg hosts Detroit on Saturday.

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The shutout was Hellebuyck's fourth of the NHL season.

The win was the Jets' 8th straight against Minnesota, going back through last season.

The Jets also swept the three games this season.

Neal Pionk had a goal and an assist for the Jets.

Nikolaj Ehlers, Morgan Barron, Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for Winnipeg.

The Jets moved to 24-10-1 and have won three of their last five games.

Jesper Wallstedt turned aside 19 shots for Minnesota, who dropped to 20-10-4.

Winnipeg's power play was key in the game, going 3-5 overall and scoring after winning key faceoffs in Minnesota's end.

“It was just good execution. You see Fly’s goal, that’s just one of our multiple plays for both units off the face-offs. That was the one they called and they ran it to perfection, scoring in six seconds. And then ours, we do that play quite often with the transfer behind the net," said Pefetti, whose offensive night got in gear during the second period.

"Sometimes it’s a shot, sometimes it’s a pass, whatever it is. Neal got a hold of that one and it’s good with being sharp with execution and being sure we have a plan to just stick to that. If it works, it work, if it doesn’t, well, we can make adjustments. But tonight it worked," he said.

Nikolaj Ehlers opened the scoring 6:51 into the opening stanza just six seconds into their opening power play.

With Jon Merrill off for holding the stick, the Jets got possession off a face off win and worked the puck to Kyle Connor in the right faceoff circle.

Connor slid the disc to Ehlers, who was parked beside the crease. Ehlers slid the disc through Wallstedt's pads to make it 1-0 Jets.

The goal was his 10th of the season.

Morgan Barron made it 2-0 with just over two minutes left in the first when Alex Iafallo's shot ended up sliding through Wallstedt's pads and sat in the crease.

Barron, who was about to skate by the net, pivoted hard by the post and hammered the loose puck into the open goal.

The tally was his 3rd of the season.

Neal Pionk scored 14 seconds into a power play to put the Jets up 3-0 just over five minutes into the second period.

Jesper Wallstedt took a delay-of-game penalty when he batted the puck out of play and Winnipeg took full advantage as Cole Perfetti relayed a Nino Niederreiter pass from behind the net to Pionk, who beat the Wild goaltender with a slapshot just inside the right post.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Cole Perfetti made it 4-0 2:07 into the third when he intercepted a break out pass from Jonas Brodin in the high slot before moving in and snapping a wrister past Wallstedt.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Vladislav Namestnikov deflected a Neal Pionk shot past Wallstedt at 7:36 to make it 5-0 Jets.

Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel thought his club played a complete game.

“I wouldn’t say quite some time, but I would say it’s probably one of our better efforts in the last few games here. We knew they were coming in after playing last night, went after them in the first period and kind of continued that through the three periods. Liked a lot of our compete, sort of our little details. A lot of good things that happened tonight," he said.

Wild Head Coach John Hynes felt his club didn't execute their game plan and it showed.

"The mindset needs to be to play the game the right way. To play the game that gives us the best chance to win," said Hynes. "That gives us the best chance to produce offence. The best way to check, I think when you look in those areas you want to go east-west and pass up shots and play a perimeter game then you're not going to score."

Both teams see action on Monday as Winnipeg travels to Toronto while Minnesota hosts Chicago.

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