Kyle Connor's 2-goal night helps Winnipeg Jets down division rival Dallas Stars

Judy Owen · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 14, 2025 11:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Kyle Connor scored doubly and added an assistance to pb the Winnipeg Jets to a cardinal 4-1 triumph implicit the Dallas Stars connected Friday.

Dylan Samberg and Morgan Barron besides scored, portion Mark Scheifele contributed a trio of helpers to boost the league-leading team's grounds to 46-17-4 successful beforehand of a sellout assemblage of 15,225 astatine Canada Life Centre.

Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves, helping the Jets spell up 2-1 successful the clubs' four-game play series. The last gathering is April 10 successful Dallas.

Mason Marchment scored for the Stars (42-21-2) with 3:49 remaining successful the 3rd period. Jake Oettinger stopped 18 shots for Dallas.

Winnipeg's 96 points widened its Western Conference and Central Division pb implicit the Stars to 10 points. Dallas has 2 games successful hand.

The Jets besides moved 2 points up of the idle Washington Capitals for apical spot successful the league.

Winnipeg scored connected 2 of its six shots successful the archetypal period. Dallas had nine.

Samberg recorded his 5th extremity of the play erstwhile the defenceman's changeable went done postulation past Oettinger astatine 8:01.

Connor made it 2-0 with a one-timer that went implicit Oettinger's instrumentality with 2:58 near successful the frame.

The team's starring scorer past reaped the reward of a passing play with Josh Morrissey to marque it 3-0 with his 35th extremity of the play astatine 6:43 of the second.

Dallas had the game's archetypal powerfulness play with 4:15 near successful the frame, but lone came distant with 2 shots connected goal. The Stars led 17-10 successful shots aft the buzzer.

Barron tipped successful a Dylan DeMelo changeable astatine 7:26 of the 3rd to agelong the pb to 4-0 and Marchment nixed the shutout with his 16th of the season.

Takeaways

Jets: It wasn't the carnal conflict astir expected, but the Jets utilized immoderate beardown passing to acceptable up cardinal goals.

Stars: After not playing since past Sunday, the Stars didn't look to sound disconnected their rust until the 3rd period.

Key moment

Connor and Morrissey went down the crystal unneurotic precocious successful the 2nd period. Connor passed the puck crossed the beforehand of the nett to Morrissey and the defenceman gave it backmost to him for a one-timer changeable that made it 3-0 astatine 6:43.

Key stat

Winnipeg continues to beryllium the lone squad successful the league without a regularisation nonaccomplishment erstwhile starring aft a play this season. The Jets person gone 26-0-3 erstwhile starring aft the archetypal play and 36-0-1 erstwhile up aft the second.

Up next

Jets: Head retired connected a three-game roadworthy travel starting Sunday against the Seattle Kraken.

Stars: Finish disconnected a four-game roadworthy travel Sunday against the Colorado Avalanche.