In Winnipeg Thursday, the Jets’ Mark Scheifele struck for a hat trick in a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars.
“We were ready to play,” Scheifele said. “Obviously, we want to have a good start every game. It’s just a matter of ramping ourselves up before we get out there and having a good warmup and just being prepared.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves in the win to improve to 7-01 on the season.
“I think we’ve been coming out ready to go,” Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler (three assists) said. “We zeroed in on a few things that have given us success. And we’re doing them right now. Everyone’s doing their job, makes the game a lot easier.”
The Jets are 7-3-2.
Patrik Laine and Tyler Myers added goals for the Jets.
“I think we’re going in the right direction. We’re happy with the things that we’re doing. But we’re not celebrating,” Wheeler said.
The Stars’ goals came from Alexander Radulov and Mattias Janmark.
“We dug ourselves a huge hole there,” Dallas’ Marc Methot said. “We know, and we addressed it prior to the game, that they come out very hard here and they’ve essentially been on a roll lately and they’re a good hockey club.”
The Jets came out fast and built a a 3-0 lead and effectively took the Stars out of the game.
“In this league, if you’re down 3-0 in the first, it’s hard to come back,” Radulov said. “I think we did a pretty decent job in the second. Some moments, I think, we were on top of them with a chance to come back, but then [they got the fourth] and they kind of tried to play more defense and we tried to force things. It wasn’t there today.”
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Ben Bishop made 22 saves in taking the loss.
“We were definitely prepared prior but doing it on the ice is a different ballgame and we didn’t seem to bring it in those first 10, 15 minutes. We couldn’t weather that storm. They were in full control, there’s no question they deserved it more than we did,” Dallas’ Marc Methot said of his team’s effort after the game.
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