Jets swamp Canucks

In Vancouver, the Canucks could not outscore a skater from the Winnipeg Jets, never mind the team itself.

On Wednesday night, Andrew Copp scored four goals to lead the Jets to a 5-1 win over the Canucks.

“I’m going to have a hard time remembering my last four-goal game. I don’t know if that’s ever happened before, so it’s a pretty cool experience,” Copp said. “Obviously, the power play was working and then getting those two at the end were the cherries on top.”

Connor Hellebuyck made 38 saves in the win.

“We just bring our A-game every time we’re here,” Hellebuyck said. “The style of the game just suits us, that hard-nosed, grinding game and we have a lot of skill in this locker room and once we stick to it, we start to break teams and it’s fun to watch.”

Winnipeg pushed its record to 20-11-2.

Nils Hoglander scored with 85 seconds left in the game to ruin the shutout bid.

“Sometimes you play a pretty decent game and things don’t go your way,” Vancouver head coach Travis Green said. “Does it sting? Yeah, a little bit. It should, though. That’s why we play the games, because they matter, and they feel great when you win and when you lose, they’re supposed to hurt.”

Mark Scheifele had a single marker for the Jets.

“I definitely owe (linemate Mason Appleton) a nice dinner, a bottle of wine or something for not passing to him on the empty net,” Copp said. “But [it’s] a pretty cool feeling,”

Thatcher Demko made 31 saves in the loss.

“Their goalie was outstanding,” Green said. “I thought 5-on-5 we did a lot of good things. I didn’t like the two penalties that we took for too many men and I didn’t like our penalty kill. And that was probably the difference in the game.”