The Winnipeg Jets secure a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. Gabriel Vilardi scores three goals, Nikolaj Ehlers and Kyle Connor each contribute one. The Jets' record stands at 46-24-6 after the win.
#NHLJets sweep four-game season series with #mnwild📷 after a 4-2 win on Saturday to improve to 47-24-6. Three goals from four line, another from Kyle Connor. 1G, 2A for Vladislav Namestnikov, 25 saves for Connor Hellebuyck. Jets face #Preds📷 on Tuesday.
3-2 Jets after 2. Brenden Dillon the go-ahead goal
#NHLJets with the only goal in the second, Brenden Dillon's ninth, and the Jets take a 3-2 lead into the third against the Wild. Shots 19-17 WPG.
Jets finish LOOOONG forecheck with Brenden Dillon slap shot from right point. Found its way through traffic for 3-2 lead at 13:29. #mnwild
An extended cycle shift leads to a one-timer from Brenden Dillon through traffic and the #NHLJets go up 3-2 on Dillon'ss 9th goal of the season.
Namestnikov point-blank shot on Fleury leaks through at 2:38. It's 1-0 Jets. #MNWIld
Winnipeg Jets clinch playoff spot: 3 crucial storylines to track ⤵️ https://t.co/QlSjyMQkup
The Winnipeg Jets clinched a playoff position for the second straight season after their win over the Flames on Thursday night. @DanRTSN & @KevinSawyer1 discuss a big night for Gabe Vilardi: https://t.co/vcLJwl0gxW https://t.co/BACyKfzwGf
Winnipeg gets three goals from Gabriel Vilardi, one from Nikolaj Ehlers, and one from Tyler Toffoli en route to a 5-2 win, a 46-24-6 record, and a 2024 playoff spot.
Winnipeg gets three goals from Gabriel Vilardi, one from Nikolaj Ehlers, and one from Kyle Connor en route to a 5-2 win, a 46-24-6 record, and a 2024 playoff spot
Gabriel Vilardi. 4-2 Winnipeg. Deft deflection and then buries his own rebound.
3-2 #NHLJets after 40. Calgary took it to the Jets early in the second period, tying the game 2-2, but Winnipeg poured it on after that goal -- with its original lines, after briefly straying from them. 4:17 of power play left after Martin Pospisil's elbow. Hold on and clinch
Winnipeg leads Calgary 2-1 after 20 minutes, thanks to a power play goal by Gabriel Vilardi and a 5-on-5 one from Nikolaj Ehlers. Great passes on each: Connor on the first, Perfetti on the second. Shots are 17-8 #NHLJets
Cole Perfetti finds Nikolaj Ehlers and it's 2-1 #NHLJets at 14:56 of the first period. Five-hole goal.
Win and they're in: #NHLJets lines at home vs. Calgary in what could be their playoff clinching game Ehlers-Scheifele-Vilardi Connor-Monahan-Perfetti Toffoli-Lowry-Appleton Barron-Namestnikov-Iafallo Morrissey-Pionk Dillon-DeMelo Samberg-Miller Hellebuyck Brossoit