In Winnipeg Sunday, the Jets’ Patrik Laine scored with just over 11 minutes gone in the fist period.
That was all the Jets needed as Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves to backstop Winnipeg to a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
“It was a team shutout tonight,” Hellebuyck said. “The guys played really good in front of me, they kept things to the outside and made my game pretty easy.”
The win pushed the Jets into first place in the Central Division with a 28-13-7 record.
For Laine, it was his 21st goal of the season; he leads the Jets in goals scored.
“Four points out of the four, so it’s not bad,” Laine said. “It’s going to be like this for the next couple of months, but everybody here in this locker room is comfortable with that kind of game and that’s the reason why we’re winning.
“We’re a tight defensive team and we’ve got to score on the few chances that we get.”
The Canucks dropped to 18-23-6 with the loss.
“It was a good hockey game,” Canucks head coach Travis Green said. “A 1-0 game on the road, you know your team played a pretty solid game and got good goaltending. Just couldn’t find a way to score.”
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Anders Nilsson made 35 saves in taking the loss.
“I felt good, but tough to not get a point tonight,” Nilsson said. “I think maybe we deserved one point, but it was a tough game and their goalie played good and kept the puck out of the net for them.”
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