NEW YORK — Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets made history Tuesday night, becoming the first team in NHL history to win 15 of its first 16 games, authoring a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers.
Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won seven straight games, and remained perfect on the road at 7-0.
Will Cuylle, Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers, who dropped their second straight home game following last Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Scheifele scored 57 seconds into the contest before Cuylle tied it at 13:07 of the first. Vilardi put the visitors ahead on the power play at 8:58 before Lafreniere tied the game again at 12:51 of the second.
Connor put the Jets ahead for good at 16:03 of the second. Scheifele scored again 1:08 into the third — his ninth of the season — before Kakko narrowed the deficit to 4-3 just 32 seconds later. Namestnikov scored his fifth at 13:08 and Connor completed the scoring into an empty net with 20 seconds to play.
Igor Shesterkin, who gave up five goals and was pulled at home in the loss to Buffalo, made 27 saves for the Rangers.
Hellebuyck improved to 12-1-0 this season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
