WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for his NHL-leading fourth shutout of the season and 41st of his career to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-0 victory Saturday over the Minnesota Wild, who have lost four in a row.
Cole Perfetti had a goal and two assists and Nikolaj Ehlers and Neal Pionk each scored power-play goals in front of a capacity crowd at Canada Life Centre.
The Jets, who swept the clubs’ three-game season series, sit in first place in the NHL Central Division, five points up on the Wild .Ehlers scored his 10th goal of the season six seconds after Minnesota took its first penalty at 6:45 of the first period. Pionk scored on Winnipeg’s third power play of the game when his one-timer from the point beat Wallstedt 14 seconds into the man advantage to make it 3-0 at 5:19.
The Wild then took back-to-back tripping penalties, giving the Jets 21 seconds with a two-man advantage.
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