Gabriel Vilardi Dustin Wolf - The Canadian PressWINNIPEG — Gabe Vilardi scored a hat trick to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.Vilardi scored his third goal into an empty net with 1:04 left in the game. Nikolaj Ehlers , who had a goal and an assist, and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Jets .Connor Hellebuyck stopped 31 of 33 shots for Winnipeg at Canada Life Centre.It was the final contest of a five-game homestand for Winnipeg.
Wolf, who faced 17 shots in the first period, robbed Tyler Toffoli on a backhand from alone in front before the Jets scored their first goal. The Jets took a 2-1 lead less than two minutes after scoring their first goal. Ehlers converted a perfect pass from Cole Perfetti and fired a quick shot past Wolf.
Toffoli had just restored Winnipeg’s one-goal lead with its second power-play goal of the game. With Nikita Okhotiuk off for hooking, Toffoli took a pass from Namestnikov and swept the puck past Wolf. Ehlers also assisted as the Jets took a 3-2 lead into the third period.
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