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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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Adam Lowry and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets.

Josh Morrissey had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg to pick up his NHL leading 19th win of the season.

Lane Hutson and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens.

Sam Montembeault turned side 23 shots for Montreal, who dropped to 11-16-3.

Lane Hutson scored 7:48 into the first period when he snapped a wrister past Hellebuyck from the left wing circle.

The goal was his first of his NHL career.

Gabriel Vilardi tied it up on the power play 14:34.

With Kirby Dach off for high sticking, Kyle Connor slid a pass from the right corner, cross crease to Vilardi who hammered it past Montembeault to make it 1-1.

Adam Lowry gave Winnipeg the lead just over two minutes later at 16:40 when Nino Niederreiter slid him the disc from behind the Montreal net and into the crease as he curled around the Montreal net.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Lowry fired the disc into a largely open net to make it 2-1 Jets.

The Jets went up a pair 6:26 into the second while on a two-man advantage when Kyle Connor one timed a Josh Morrissey feed past Montembeault.

The goal was his 17th of the season.

With the Jets unable to clear their zone, Josh Anderson pulled Montreal to within a goal at the 8 minute mark when he snapped a Christian Dvorak feed past Hellebuyck.

Canadiens Head Coach Martin St. Louis pulled his goaltender with just over a minute left in regulation but the Canadiens were unable to score.

Vladislav Namestnikov scored into an empty net with 7 seconds left in the third period to seal the win for the Jets.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Montreal hosts Buffalo Tuesday while Winnipeg visits San Jose.

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A bad line change by Winnipeg proved costly as Hadyn Fluery's attempted pass to Vladislav Namestnikov, who was changing, was picked off along the boards by Shea Theodore, who moved in on a 2-on-1 before dishing to Barbashev who fired the disc past a shocked Hellebuyck.

Keegan Kolesar and Victor Olofsson also scored for the Golden Knights, who kicked off a three-game road trip with a win.

Shea Theodore had a pair of assists.

Adin Hill turned aside 18 shots for Vegas, who moved to 19-7-3.

Nikita Chibrikov also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 21-9-1.

Chibrikov gave the Jets the lead 9:27 into the first when he drove the net and shot a rebound off a Vladislav Namestnikov shot into an almost wide open net.

The goal was his 2nd of the season and third in his three NHL appearances.

There was no scoring in the second period.

Winnipeg didn't register their first shot on goal of the second period until the 18 minute mark.

Keegan Kolesar scored 4:34 into the third when he parlayed a solid shift of forechecking into the tying goal.

"It's fun, it's very fun. Got a lot of special people in the building," said Kolesar, who grew up in Winnipeg. "It's exciting." Logan Stanley attempted to get a pass to Kyle Connor, but the disc ended up hopping over his stick and Kolesar took possesstion before firing home a wrister past Hellebuyck from inside the left circle to make it 1-1.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Josh Morrissey scored at 10:55 and gave the Jets a one goal lead.

Morrissey took a partner pass along the Vegas blue line before moving in to the top of the face off circle and blew a slapshot past Adin Hill, beating him over his right shoulder.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Victor Olofsson tied it up with a power play marker at 18:11 when Mark Stone hit him with a cross-crease pass which the Vegas winger one timed past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

"I mean I think we played a solid game, I think we were the better team and we just kind of kept playing the same way the entire game and we finally got paid for it at the end," said Olofsson.

The game went into overtime.

"We were down two to one in the third and I thought we were playing really well to be honest with you especially defensively. They (Jets) are at the end of I think a four in six, they've had a tough stretch, we've been off for a while so I thought we might be rusty early," said Vegas Head Coach Bruce Cassidy.

"I thought after the first period that we executed better and had our legs and hands more than I would have suspected. Didn't give up much for two periods but hung in there and got some calls late we needed them obviously and our power play was able to connect there.

Both teams are active Saturday as Vegas visits Edmonton and Winnipeg hosts Montreal.

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The Jets rebounded from a 4-1 loss to Columbus on Sunday night.

Winnipeg has won three of their last six games.

Gabriel Vilardi and Nikita Chibrikov each had a goal and an assist.

Neal Pionk had a pair of assists.

Vladislav Namestnikov and Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 21-9-0.

David Pastrnak scored for Boston.

Jeremy Swayman turned aside 27 shots for Boston, who dropped to 15-12-3.

Winnipeg scored first on the power play 12:09 into the opening stanza. With Brandon Carlo off for high sticking Vladislav Namestnikov poked the puck past Swayman after Nino Niederreiter's shot hit the goal post.

The goal was his 7th of the season.

Mark Scheifele made it 2-0 with just under two minutes left in the first.

Gabriel Vilardi's second effort in the high slot saw him slide the puck to Connor along the goal line. The Jet winger paused before hitting Scheifele with a saucer pass in the slot which he shot just over Swayman's shoulder.

The goal was his 15th of the season.

Scheifele scored again just under seven minutes into the second when he one timed a cross ice feed from Josh Morrissey at 7:02.

David Pastrnak got Boston on the board with a power play marker 9:13 into the second when he one timed a Charlie McAvoy feed past Hellebuyck from the left face off dot, beating the Jet netminder high glove side to score his 10th of the season.

Kyle Connor scored 1:15 into the third to give the Jets a 4-1 lead when Mark Scheifele found him alone cruising in the slot.

Connor snapped the disc past Swayman, beating him high blocker side.

The goal was his 16th of the season.

Gabriel Vilardi scored 5:33 into the third after Connor hit him just inside the Bruins blue line before he cut to the center and beat Swayman with a wrister just inside the left post.

The goal was his 12th of the season.

Alex Iafalo made it 6-1 on the power play at 7:19 after he redirected a Neal Pionk shot from the point.

Mason Appleton scored at 16:16 off a shot from the corner which went in off of Swayman's skate.

Nikita Chibrikov scored ten seconds later off a turnover as Cole Perfetti fed him a pass which he one timed past Swayman, beating him high glove side to score his first of the season.

Winnipeg hosts Vegas on Thursday while Boston visits Seattle.

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The Blues moved to .500 with the win (12-12-2).

Dylan Holloway had a goal and an assist.

Robert Thomas also scored for the Blues.

Scott Perunovich had a pair of assists for St. Louis.

Mark Scheifele scored the lone Jet goal on the night.

Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for Winnipeg (18-8-0).

The loss extended the Jets losing streak to a season high four games.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Jordan Kyrou got the Blues on the board late in the second period when Brayden Schenn took control of the puck just along the boards in the neutral zone before before sending Kyrou in on Hellebuyck.

The St. Louis winger attempted a deke which the Winnipeg goaltender initially stopped before the disc was knocked into the net off a backchecking Mark Scheifele's skate.

Dylan Holloway followed up 39 seconds later when he broke in on Hellebuyck, getting off a shot before following up on his own rebound and lifting the disc past him at 18:43.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Kyrou netted his second of the night 6:38 into the third when Dylan Holloway got control of the puck along the end boards before moving into the faceoff circle and slid the puck to Kyrou, who moved into the high slot before spinning and beating Hellebuyck with a wrister.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Mark Scheifele scored at 15:45 of the third, beating Hofer with a wrister.

The goal was his 13th of the season.

Robert Thomas scored an empty netter at 16:21 to seal the win for the Blues.

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NOTES-Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers was put on IR and Winnipeg called up F Brad Lambert from their AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose earlier in the day.

Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for Winnipeg, who won their 6th straight contest to move to an NHL leading 14-1-0.

Rasmus Kupari, Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets.

Jake Oettinger and Casey De Smith combined to stop 21 shots for Dallas, who dropped to 8-5-0.

Alex Iafallo scored on the power play 7:28 into the first period.

With Sam Steel off for tripping Namestnikov fed Iafallo from the corner after the Jet centre had cut hard for the net.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Iafallo snapped a shot just inside the left post to make it 1-0 Winnipeg.

Rasmus Kupari put the Jets up by a pair at 10:21 when he pressured Dallas defenceman Mathew Dumba who coughed up the puck to Alex Iafallo who got a shot on goal as Kupari calmly picked up the disc and slid it into the open net.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Vladislav Namestnikov scored 3:04 into the second period on a second effort following a wraparound attempt.

Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger appeared to have control of the puck following the initial shot but Namestnikov managed to smack the disc into the net in a follow up attempt.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

Nikolaj Ehlers made it 4-0 with a power play marker at 7:14 after he one timed a Mark Scheifele feed from the side boards past Oettinger.

With Jamie Benn off for roughing, Ehlers worked his way to the top of the left face off circle before Scheifele found him and the Jet winger hammered it through Oettinger's pads.

Oettinger's afternoon ended shortly thereafter as Stars Head Coach Pete DeBoer pulled him in favor of Casey DeSmith just over two minutes later.

The Stars scored a late power play goal when Roope Hintz got a puck through Hellebuyck's pads.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Dallas visits Pittsburgh Monday while Winnipeg travels to New York to face the Rangers Tuesday.

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