Connor Hellebuyck turned away 24 shots, and both Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele scored their 29th goals of the season to put them into second place in the goal-scoring race during the Winnipeg Jets' 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists to reach 500 points for his career, and David Gustafsson also scored for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck had 17 saves.

With a goal and two assists in the Winnipeg Jets’ 5-2 win over Utah Hockey Club on Friday night, forward Nikolaj Ehlers became the first Danish player in NHL history to record 500 career points.

Winnipeg’s all-world goalie has learned to stop being so hard on himself, leaning into playful back and forth banter in practice and helping his teammates become better shooters, John Lu writes.

Only three other times all season have the Jets had at least that many power plays and failed to make the other team pay: Nov. 29 in Vegas (0-for-3), six days earlier in Nashville (0-for-3) and Nov. 14 in Tampa (0-for-5).

The Jets have one of the most prolific top lines in the NHL — with only Leon Draisaitl having more goals this season than Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele (29) — and Gabe Vilardi on pace to shatter his career-best (23) with 22 already notched.

The Winnipeg Jets look to extend their winning streak as they face the Boston Bruins. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Jets-Bruins prediction and pick. The Jets come into the game at 35-14-3 on the year,

Stylistically, the Jets expect a bit of a shift from their two opponents from the home stand in Utah and Calgary. Utah is a team among the National Hockey League’s best in terms of minimizing high-danger chances against (according to Natural Stat Trick), and the game against Calgary was tight right until the Jets broke it open in the third.

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Cole Perfetti notched his first career hat trick to lead the Winnipeg Jets past the visiting Utah Hockey Club 5-2 on Friday night. Nikolaj Ehlers reached 500 career points with a goal and two assists for the Jets,

Three goals ended Utah’s three-game winning streak. Cole Perfetti scored his first NHL hat trick, including the go-ahead goal, for the Winnipeg Jets in a 5-2 win

Cole Perfetti had a hat-trick and Nikolaj Ehlers had three points of his own, including his 500th career point, as the Winnipeg Jets (33-14-3) took care of business at home, beating the Utah Hockey Club (21-20-7) 5-2 on Friday night.