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Vladislav Namestnikov and Gabriel Vilardi scored for Winnipeg.

Cole Perfetti had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves for the Jets, who moved to 45-17-4.

Winnipeg extended their Western Conference lead to 9 points over the second place Dallas Stars with 94.

Igor Shesterkin turned aside 22 shots for the Rangers, who have now lost their last four games to drop to 31-28-6.

Mika Zibanejad scored New York's lone goal on the night.

Vladislav Namestnikov gave Winnipeg the lead just over the five minute mark into the contest when he deflected a Cole Perfetti feed past Shesterkin at 5:18.

Mika Zibanejad tied it up on the power play at 11 minutes even when he converted a J.T. Miller feed and beat Hellebuyck high glove side from the middle of the slot..

The goal was his 15th of the season.

Gabriel Vilardi gave Winnipeg the lead on the power player 5:06 into the second when Cole Perfetti found him alone in front of the net.

Vilardi lifted the puck past Rangers netminder Igor Shesterkin's glove to make it 2-1.

The goal was his 27th of the season.

Dylan DeMelo appeared to give the Jets the lead just over five minutes into third when he beat Shesterkin through a screen provided by Morgan Barron but New York challenged, citing interference.

The challenge was successful the score remained 2-1.

There was no scoring in the third period.

The Rangers visit Minnesota Thursday while Winnipeg hosts Dallas on Friday.

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NOTES-Both newly acquired Jets Brandon Tanev and Luke Schenn were in the Jets lineup Tuesday night.

The Flyers have won four of their last five contests.

Jamie Drysdale scored the other goal the Flyers.

Ivan Fedotov turned aside 30 shots for Philadelphia, who moved to 27-26-8 on the season.

Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, who dropped their second straight game.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 30 shots for Winnipeg, who moved to 42-16-3 on the season.

Mark Scheifele got Winnipeg on the board halfway through the first period when he converted a slick backhand pass from Gabriel Vilardi past Fedotov to make it 1-0 Jets.

The goal was his 34th of the season.

Jamie Drysdale tied the contest 3:48 into the second when he worked a give-and-go with Noah Cates along the blue line before moving in from the top of the face off circle before unleashing a wrister which beat Hellebuyck to make it 1-1.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

There was no scoring in the third period.

Winnipeg had a chance to take the lead late in the third when Flyers defencemen Jamie Drysdale and Rasmus Ristolainen both took obstruction penalties but the Jets were unable to score.

The game remained tied and went to overtime.

There was no scoring in overtime and the game went to a shootout.

SHOOTOUT-PHILADELPHIA-Konecny (miss), Michkov (score)

WINNIPEG-Scheifele (miss), Connor (miss), Vilardi (miss).

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The win was the Jets 7th straight.

The shutout was Comrie's first of the season.

Nino Niederreiter, Neal Pionk, Rasmus Kupari scored for the Jets.

Winnipeg who moved to a league leading 38-14-3 on the season.

Pyotr Kochetkov turned aside 27 shots for Carolina who dropped to 32-18-4.

Carolina appeared to have taken the lead when Jackson Blake took a drop pass from Seth Jarvis and beat Comrie high blocker side but the Jets challenged goaltender interference successfully after Mikko Rantanen made contact with the goaltender.

Nino Niederreiter gave the Jets the lead on the power play in the last minute of the first period.

With Sean Walker off for tripping, Nino Niederreiter snapped a puck past Kochetkov after Alex Iafallo found him wide open in the right side faceoff circle and slid him the disc at 19:18f.

Neal Pionk gave the Nets a two-goal lead 3:13 into the second period on the power play when he snapped up the puck after Dimitri Orlov blocked a Cole Perfetti shot and blew a slap shot past Kochetkov, beating him high glove side to make it 2-0 Winnipeg.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Vladislav Namestnikov appeared to give Winnipeg a 3-0 lead with 6 minutes remaining in regulation but his goal was disallowed due to him kicking the puck into the net.

The disallowed goal was the first of two to go against Winnipeg as Rasmus Kupari appeared to score with 3:41 remaining in the third on second effort but his pending tally was also waved off.

The Jets challenged the ruling and the goal was allowed to stand to give Winnipeg a three-goal cushion.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

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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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