WINNIPEG, Manitoba \u2014 Gabriel Vilardi had two goals and an assist, and linemates Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each had a goal and a two assists as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Vladislav Namestnikov and Josh Morrissey also scored for Winnipeg and Dylan DeMelo had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 21 shots.<\/p>\n
Teuvo Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen, Alex Vlasic and Andr\u00e9 Burakovsky scored for the Hawks (5-4-2), and Spencer Knight finished with 26 saves in the opener of a six-game trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jonathan Toews reflects on time in Chicago \u2014 \u2018definitely a dream\u2019 \u2014 before facing Blackhawks for 1st time<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Jets scored quick goals in each of the first two periods.<\/p>\n After the Hawks took a penalty at 1:21 of the first period, Namestnikov scored 21 seconds later on a quick feed from behind the net by Gustav Nyquist.<\/p>\n An unlucky bounce led to the Hawks evening it up at 8:57. Hellebuyck went to play a puck when it was dumped in the corner, but it hit a seam in the boards and bounced straight to Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen as he was skating to the front of the net.<\/p>\n Vilardi and Scheifele teamed up on a 2-on-1 to go ahead 2-1 with 3:04 remaining in the opening period.<\/p>\n A Hawks turnover early in the second gave Connor the puck and he passed it to Scheifele, who fired a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle past Knight at 1:54.<\/p>\n Vilardi scored his second of the night and fourth of the season with 8:41 remaining in the middle period after DeMelo sent him a puck from the corner.<\/p>\n After Morrissey recorded his first goal of the season at 10:12 of the third, Vlasic scored his first less than two minutes later. Burakovsky and Connor finished off the scoring.<\/p>\n The Jets\u2019 Jonathan Toews had an assist in his first game against his former team<\/a>, which chose him with the No. 3 pick in the 2006 draft. Toews, 37, missed the last two seasons<\/a> with health issues and signed a one-year deal<\/a> with his hometown Jets. He has two goals and four assists.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n\n
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