Cole Perfetti ended a 14-game goalless drought with his first career hat trick while Nikolaj Ehlers tallied his 500th NHL point in the win.
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck saves the shot from Utah Hockey Club's Barrett Hayton as Dylan DeMelo defends during second period NHL action in Winnipeg on Friday, January 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods.Cole Perfetti scored for the first time in over a month then added two more for his first career hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets dumped Utah 5-2 Friday night.
With Mark Scheifele briefly in the locker room after blocking a shot with his hand, Perfetti jumped on the top unit and that proved to be a boon for the young player. After the Jets struggled to enter the zone for the first half of the power play, Nikolaj Ehlers skated the puck down the wall before sending a cross-ice pass that Perfetti one-timed into the back of the net for his first goal since Dec. 21, ending a 14-game scoring drought.
Winnipeg nearly made it 3-1 a few minutes later when a net front scramble resulted in Rasmus Kupari scoring after an early whistle. Officials announced that there was inadvertent goalie interference on the play, therefore they blew the whistle.The Jets carried a 21-14 edge in shots on goal as well as their 2-1 lead into the third period but the lead didn’t last long as Utah, like they did in the second, struck just over a minute into the final frame.‘What the heck is going on?’ Why this B.C.
Ehlers got in on the fun with just over eight minutes to go, pouncing on a turnover at the Utah blueline. Kesselring fumbled the puck, then tripped as Ehlers took the puck away and skated up the ice on a breakaway. He glanced behind him to see how much time and space he had before undressing Ingram and sliding a backhand into the goal to make it 4-2.
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