(Winnipeg) Kyle Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored one goal and one assist to help the Winnipeg Jets defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Friday.
Paul Stastny, Neal Pionk and Dominic Toninato also scored for Winnipeg (6-2-2), which posted a fourth straight win at home.
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Andrew Copp amassed three assists for the Jets, who had their best start to a season in the modern era of the team. Winnipeg starting goaltender Eric Comrie stopped 16 of 17 shots in the win.
MacKenzie Entwistle found the back of the net shorthanded in the third period for Chicago’s lone goal.
Goalkeeper Marc-André Fleury made 28 saves in a losing cause for the Blackhawks (1-9-2)
Ehlers scored his third goal of the season, late in the third period, after Entwistle’s shot from a difficult angle surprised Comrie less than a minute into the period.
Connor gave the hosts a 4-0 lead at 3:17 p.m. of the second period. He escaped on the right flank and beat Fleury for his eighth goal of the season, leading his team in scoring.
Toninato scored his first on a Copp assist at 13:48.
The Blackhawks believed a power-play goal reduced the lead to just one early in the second, but Ryan Carpenter’s effort was called off when the Jets challenged the streak with an offside. .
Pionk beat Fleury with a resounding shot from the power play point at 2:23 of the first period.
Stastny opened the scoring just 47 seconds after the first face-off.