In Winnipeg, Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves as the Jets defeated the Dallas Stars, 5-1.
Miro Heiskanen scored the lone goal for the Stars; Dallas is winless in four straight games. 
“That was our worst game of the year,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “We never responded throughout the game, and I apologized to [Khudobin] after the second for the effort in front of him.
“I thought the Jets were ready to go. I thought they were really good and better than us in every facet of the game.”
Kyle Connor struck once and had three points on the night.
“There was some physicality by the Scheifele line,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said. “The (Blake) Wheeler line has been incredibly consistent and fast with the puck, good sticks. Ehlers and (Jack) Roslovic now are involved in a bit of a physical point, not running guys but engaged physically in the battles for pucks. I’ve liked our defense for the most part for a long time; they just compete and battle and block shots, and when we couldn’t, Connor was strong when we needed it.”
Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele, and Josh Morrissey also scored single markers for the Jets and each had an assist in the win.
“I think the first 20 [minutes] was real good. That was something we talked about before the game,” Laine said. “That was kind of our mindset tonight, to play a solid first 20 and build off that. We were able to do that tonight.”
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Anton Khudobin made 25 saves in the loss.
“[The Jets] were better in everything tonight,” Heiskanen said. “I don’t know. It was a bad game. [Khudobin] was great today, but everyone else was bad.
“I think we need a good rest right now and then go to the game and play our game; hard working and physical with a lot of shooting and traffic to the net.”
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