Mark Scheifele produced three points and Cole Perfetti scored two goals to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday at Canada Life Centre.
Winnipeg opened the scoring 1:50 into the game when Perfetti deflected a shot past Calvin Pickard. Kirill Kaprizov answered for Minnesota at 8:47 by batting in an unassisted rebound. Scheifele restored the Jets lead at 17:54 with a snap shot for his first goal of the season, but Kaprizov countered 44 seconds later on a tip-in off assists from Quinn Hughes and Jonas Brodin to tie the score 2-2 heading into the first intermission.
Perfetti broke the tie with a power-play snap shot at 16:36 of the second period to give Winnipeg a 3-2 advantage. Kyle Connor padded the lead with an unassisted wrist shot at 4:06 of the third period, and Cole Koepke added his first goal of the season on a wrist shot at 14:42 to complete the scoring.
Stuart Skinner stopped 19 of 21 shots to earn the victory for Winnipeg, while Pickard turned aside 20 of 25 shots in the loss. The Jets converted one of their two power-play opportunities and held the Wild scoreless on two man-advantage chances.
The win lifted Winnipeg to a 4-1-1 record on the season. Minnesota fell to 4-2-1 with the defeat in the first meeting between the teams this season.
Minnesota returns home to host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. Winnipeg visits the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.
