WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mark Scheifele scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a convincing 8-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
Nikita Chibrikov, Mason Appleton, Alex Iafallo, Gabriel Vilardi, Kyle Connor and Vladislav Namestnikov scored the other Winnipeg goals.
Scheifele now has a 13-game point streak at home, totaling 20 points in that stretch.
David Pastrnak replied for the Bruins, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. This was the first game of a five-game West Coast swing for the Bruins.
Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for Winnipeg. Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 shots for Boston.
Scheifele scored his second goal of the game, one-timing a perfect setup from Josh Morrissey on a second-period power play, increasing the Winnipeg lead to 3-0.
Namestnikov opened the scoring in the first period with Boston defenseman Brandon Carlo off for four minutes after clipping Kyle Connor with a high stick. With an assist on the goal, Neal Pionk reached the 200-point mark since joining the Jets in a trade with the New York Rangers.
TAKEAWAY
BRUINS: Boston was on its heels after the Jets scored on the power play in the first period, but came to life in the second, scoring its first goal and missing a number of chances. Then the Bruins fell apart in the third.
JETS: Winnipeg seemed sparked by the energy displayed by call-up Chibrikov. He drew an early penalty, started the play that led to Winnipeg’s first goal, then assisted on Iafallo’s power-play goal. Then, Scheifele took over, converting two great passes, and dominating play whenever he was on the ice.
KEY MOMENT
Connor scored on a setup from Scheifele 1:15 into the third period giving Winnipeg a 4-1 lead and deflating the Bruins.
KEY STAT
The Jets scored three power-play goals.
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