Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor every had a aim and an help because the host Winnipeg Jets regained first place within the Central Division by doubling up on the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night time 4-2.
Josh Morrissey had two assists. Adam Lowry and Vladislav Namestnikov additionally scored for Winnipeg, whereas Nino Niederreiter, Dylan DeMelo and Alex Iafallo added assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 stops for the Jets.
Lane Hutson and Josh Anderson scored targets for Montreal, with assists from Mike Matheson, Cole Caufield, Christian Dvorak and Brenden Gallagher. Sam Montembeault made 23 saves for the Canadiens.
Hutson sparked Montreal early, scoring his first NHL aim at 12:12 of the primary interval. Off a faceoff, he obtained a clear cross, moved in shortly and fired a shot from the dot, placing the puck previous Hellebuyck.
Vilardi tied it on the sport’s first energy play at 5:26 of the opening body. Connor made a superb cross throughout the crease to Vilardi, who buried it whereas on one knee.
The Jets saved up the stress when Niederreiter fed a backhand cross from behind the online to Lowry, who scored from in tight to make it 2-1 simply 2:06 later.
Winnipeg capitalized once more on the ability play at 6:26 of the second interval, taking a 3-1 lead when Connor fired the puck previous Montembeault with two seconds left within the 5-on-3.
Montreal had an excellent likelihood to get a power-play aim of their very own, however with 2:27 left within the second, Hellebuyck, sitting on the ice and with out his stick, denied Patrik Laine by swatting the puck away with each fingers.
The Habs got here out sturdy within the third and lower the result in one with 12:00 left. Anderson capitalized on an extended rebound after a Winnipeg turnover of their zone.
Montreal could not discover the equalizer, nevertheless, and Namestnikov iced the 4-2 end result for Winnipeg after he picked up the puck on the blue line and rifled it into the empty internet with seven seconds remaining.
–Subject Stage Media