By ALLAN KREDA
Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor every scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets received their seventh straight, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday evening.
Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov additionally scored for the Jets, who’ve now received 15 of their first 16 video games.
Will Cuylle, Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers, who dropped their second straight house sport following final Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Hellebuyck improved to 12-1-0 this season.
Scheifele scored 57 seconds into the competition earlier than Cuylle tied it at 13:07 of the primary.
Vilardi put the guests forward on the facility play at 8:58 earlier than Lafreniere tied the sport once more at 12:51 of the second.
Connor put the Jets forward for good at 16:03 of the second. Scheifele scored once more 1:08 into the third — his ninth of the season — earlier than Kakko narrowed the deficit to 4-3 simply 32 seconds later. Namestnikov scored his fifth at 13:08 and Connor accomplished the scoring into an empty web with 20 seconds to play.
Igor Shesterkin, who gave up 5 targets and was pulled at house within the loss to Buffalo, made 27 saves for the Rangers.
TAKEAWAYS
Winnipeg stayed good on the street with seven straight wins.
KEY MOMENT
Hellebuyck made a lunging save on Reilly Smith at 4:50 of the second and denied Chris Krieder point-blank on an influence play later within the interval.
KEY STATS
Connor leads the Jets with 22 factors. He’s one in all 11 Winnipeg gamers with 10 or extra factors.
Rangers ahead Artemi Panarin assisted on Lafreniere’s aim. Panarin leads the Rangers with 22 factors — together with 10 targets — and has factors in 13 of New York’s 14 video games this season.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Host the San Jose Sharks on Thursday evening.
Jets: Go to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday evening.
