Iafallo scores twice, Hellebuyck earns 7th shutout, as Winnipeg Jets blank Devils 4-0

Jim Bender · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 28, 2025 11:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Alex Iafallo scored a brace of goals to pb the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-0 triumph implicit the New Jersey Devils connected Friday night.

Mark Scheifele and David Gustafsson besides scored for Winnipeg (50-19-4).

Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves and recorded a career-best seventh shutout of the play — besides a franchise grounds — earlier a sold-out assemblage of 15,225 fans astatine Canada Life Centre. It was their 4th consecutive sellout.

Jake Allen stopped 15 shots for New Jersey (38-29-7).

The Jets jumped retired to a 2-0 pb aboriginal successful the archetypal period. Iafallo scored connected a turnaround backhand 58 seconds into the game.

Only 54 seconds later, Gustafsson pounced connected a rebound successful beforehand of the nett and slid the puck past Allen.

Erik Haula appeared to people with 5:34 near successful the archetypal play but it was instantly waved disconnected for goalie interference.

In the 2nd period, Iafallo scored his 2nd extremity of the crippled connected the powerfulness play erstwhile Nikolaj Ehlers tipped the puck to him connected the unfastened broadside of the net.

Takeaways

Jets: Jumped retired to an aboriginal 2-0 lead, past killed disconnected 2 penalties earlier scoring connected their archetypal powerfulness play of the crippled successful the 2nd period.

Devils: Were connected their heels from the opening minutes, surrendering 2 goals connected Winnipeg's archetypal 2 shots 54 seconds apart.

Key moment

Scheifele gave Winnipeg a 4-0 pb with 42 seconds near successful the 2nd period, beating Allen aft racing to a puck that bounced disconnected the boards aft Kyle Connor changeable wide.

Key stat

Ehlers' assistance extended his constituent streak to 5 games.

Up next

The Jets volition big the Vancouver Canucks connected Sunday afternoon.

The Devils volition look the Wild successful Minnesota connected Saturday.