Mark Scheifele had a goal and three assists and the Winnipeg Jets cruised to a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Gabriel Vilardi, Jonathan Toews and Josh Morrissey each finished with a goal and an assist for Winnipeg, which won its fourth in a row. Logan Stanley and Tanner Pearson also scored. For Toews, the points were the 900th and 901st of his career.
Danila Yurov and Marcus Johansson scored for Minnesota, which has lost three straight (0-2-1).
The Jets matched a season high with six goals, first achieved in a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 30.
Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped 32 of 34 shots to earn the victory.
Minnesota goaltender Jesper Wallstedt allowed six goals on 20 shots. Filip Gustavsson replaced him in the third period and stopped all eight shots he faced.
The Jets sprinted to a 3-0 lead with a trio of goals in the final six minutes of the first period.
Toews started the scoring when he punched in a rebound on the power play. The tally marked his 900th point and gave him a four-game goal streak.
Pearson made it 2-0 when he scored on his own rebound with 10.5 seconds to go in the first. Eight seconds later, Morrissey scored on a slap shot to put the Jets on top 3-0.
The Wild pulled within 3-1 on Yurov’s goal with 15:07 remaining in the second.
Winnipeg scored the next three goals to put the game out of reach.
Stanley blasted a shot from the left circle midway through the second for an unassisted goal to make it 4-1.
Villardi increased the Jets’ lead to 5-1 when he tallied the team’s second power-play goal of the evening with 7:09 left in the second. He poked in a loose puck near the crease.
Scheifele, who assisted on three of the Jets’ first five goals, got in on the scoring with 2:48 remaining in the second. He scored on a one-timer from the right circle.
Johansson finished the scoring for the Wild with 2:42 left in the third.
