Gabriel Vilardi scored two power-play goals in the third period, helping the Winnipeg Jets extend their winning streak to four games with a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators. Connor Hellebuyck recorded his fifth shutout of the season.
WINNIPEG — Gabriel Vilardi scored a pair of power-play goals 62 seconds apart in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets extend their winning streak to four games with a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday.Defenceman Dylan DeMelo recorded his first goal of the season for the Jets in front of the sixth sellout of the season at Canada Life Centre. Kyle Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers each had two assists.
Nashville, which went into the game with the NHL’s best penalty kill at 86.9 per cent, denied the Jets on one man advantage in the opening period and two in the second. It would take even strength for the Jets to make it 1-0 when DeMelo took a pass from Morgan Barron and fired the puck past Saros on the glove side for the defenceman’s first goal of the season at 17:18. DeMelo has six assists.After Vilardi recorded his 16th goal of the season at 13:44 with the two-man advantage, he made it 3-0 with one extra man at 14:46.Connor extended his point streak to seven games with six goals and nine helpers.
Predators: Nashville kept the game tight by killing off three of Winnipeg’s power-play chances, but couldn’t stick it out for two more. They also failed to capitalize on their two power-play opportunities.Predators defenceman Jeremy Lauzon took his third penalty of the game with 7:43 remaining, then the team was called for too many men to send the Jets on a two-man power play for 48 seconds. Vilardi scored 15 seconds later to make it 2-0 and added another one with the man advantage.
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