The Winnipeg Jets defeated the Nashville Predators 3-0, marking their fourth consecutive win. Connor Hellebuyck earned his fifth shutout of the season, while Gabriel Vilardi scored twice on the power play and Dylan DeMelo registered his first goal of the season.
WINNIPEG — There were a lot of reasons for the Winnipeg Jets to be happy after they blanked the Nashville Predators 3-0 for their fourth consecutive win on Monday. Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to record his fifth shutout of the season and 42nd of his career. Gabriel Vilardi scored twice on the power play in a 62-second span. And veteran defenceman Dylan DeMelo registered his first goal of the season in front of a sixth sellout crowd of the season at Canada Life Centre.
'Everyone played fantastic and bought into our details and played great,” Hellebuyck said. He agreed he was part of it, which led to his NHL-leading 24th win of the season (24-5-1) and the 299th of his career. “It's fun to be in this locker room and play behind this group of guys. I'm having a lot of fun,” said the 31-year-old Hellebuyck, who’s in his 10th NHL season. When Hellebuyck registers his 300th career win, he’ll become only the 41st goalie in league history to reach that mark. “That's definitely one of the milestones you're going for — 300 wins, 40 shutouts and 500 games played. Two of them down, one to go,” Hellebuyck said. The two-time Vezina Trophy winner is also proud of the team’s accomplishments. For example, DeMelo scored at 17:18 of the second period to give the Jets (27-10-1) a 1-0 lead. “I mean, it was a beauty, too. A snipe,” Hellebuyck said. “What can you say about the guy? He does it all now.” Vilardi smiled when asked about DeMelo’s goal. “It was awesome. He's so fired up, it was fun to see him,” Vilardi said. “It's always fun to see him score and (celebrate), that's for sure.” Juuse Saros stopped 25 shots for Nashville (11-19-7), which dropped its second straight game. Predators defenceman Jeremy Lauzon took his third penalty of the game with 7:43 remaining in the third. Nashville was then called for too many men to send the Jets on a two-man power play for 48 second
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