Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets Match Player Stats On Oct 10, 2019

Patrik Laine collected two goals and two assists, and Connor Hellebuyck made 38 saves to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

Blake Wheeler scored and set up a goal, Kyle Connor and Jack Roslovic each tallied in the third period, and Mark Scheifele added two assists for Winnipeg, which snapped a six-game, regular-season losing streak against Minnesota.

Ryan Hartman and Brad Hunt each scored a goal for the Wild, who have opened the season with three straight regulation losses for the first time in franchise history. Devan Dubnyk finished with 27 saves.

Minnesota seized a 1-0 lead in the first period on Hartman's first goal with the Wild. Hartman poked the puck off the stick of 18-year-old defenseman Ville Heinola to the left of the crease and quickly fired a shot past Hellebuyck's stick side. It marked the fifth straight time that the Jets allowed the first goal of the game.

Winnipeg forged a tie early in the second period on Wheeler's third goal of the season off a backhand pass from behind the net by Scheifele. It was the 700th point of Wheeler's NHL career.

The Jets secured a 2-1 lead midway through the middle period after Laine's one-timer off a pass from Wheeler from the top of the left circle sailed inside the near post.

Minnesota tied it at the 3:09 mark of the third period. Hunt carried the puck into the right circle and fired a wrist shot past a Marcus Foligno screen into the far corner for his first goal of the season.

But Winnipeg took a 4-2 lead midway through the period on goals by Connor, off a nice setup from Laine, and Roslovic, who tapped in a rebound of a Josh Morrissey shot inside the right post just 28 seconds later.

Minnesota pulled Dubnyk with 2 1/2 minutes remaining, and Laine sealed the win with an empty-net goal.

--Field Level Media