ST. PAUL, Minn. — Connor Hellebuyck made a season-high 43 saves, Alex Iafallo scored two targets, and Winnipeg beat Minnesota in a sport between two of the Western Convention’s finest.
The Jets wanted every of Hellebuyck’s stops in his league-leading fifteenth win. Solely defenceman Jacob Middleton beat the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, on a rebound within the first interval.
Iafallo tied the sport lower than 90 seconds later. His second aim got here on a tip-in on the facility play with 6:40 left within the sport. It was the one hundredth aim of his profession.
Nino Niederreiter’s backhand from in entrance of Filip Gustavsson made it 2-1 with 8:55 remaining within the second interval. Niederreiter spent 2013-18 in Minnesota and now has seven targets and 4 assists towards his former workforce.
Minnesota has misplaced seven straight to the Jets, together with a 2-1 extra time defeat earlier this yr in Winnipeg.
