Winnipeg Jets avoid elimination with Game 5 shutout win over Dallas Stars

Judy Owen · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 16, 2025 1:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The Winnipeg Jets volition unrecorded to skate different day.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice, Mark Scheifele had a extremity and an assistance and Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to assistance the Jets debar elimination with a 4-0 triumph implicit the Dallas Stars successful Game 5 of their second-round bid Thursday.

The Stars pb the best-of-seven playoff matchup 3-2 and Game 6 goes Saturday successful Dallas.

Vladislav Namestnikov besides scored. Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk some contributed 2 assists successful beforehand of a roaring whiteout assemblage astatine Canada Life Centre.

Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots for the Stars.

The Jets are 6-1 astatine location this post-season, but look a large trial for the distant crippled successful the Western Conference battle.

Winnipeg has mislaid each 5 roadworthy games, including successful its first-round bid against the St. Louis Blues that the Jets won successful a Game 7 treble overtime astatine home.

The Jets and Stars started the nighttime with each squad getting a powerfulness play successful the game's opening 8 minutes. Oettinger whipped retired his mitt to thwart a Connor one-timer, and Hellebuyck turned speech a Roope Hintz shot.

Dallas came up bare connected its 2nd antheral vantage with six minutes remaining.

The Jets were the stronger broadside successful the opening period, outshooting the visitors 13-4.

Hellebuyck was well-oiled aboriginal successful the 2nd frame, whipping retired his mitt to marque a close-in prevention connected Stars defenceman Thomas Harley.

The goaltender besides had a manus successful Scheifele's 4th extremity of the playoffs astatine 6:17.

After Hellebuyck made a poke cheque to commencement the four-on-four play, Scheifele was the trailer and changeable the puck that archetypal deed Stars guardant Wyatt Johnson and past went into the nett disconnected Harley's skate.

Winnipeg astir made it 2-0 connected the powerfulness play with 53 seconds remaining, but it was ruled the puck was gloved into the net.

Jets fans started chanting, "should person kicked it," referring to a arguable game-winning extremity by Dallas guardant Alexander Petrovic successful the Stars' Game 3 win. A reappraisal had ruled Petrovic's footwear of the puck toward the nett was really propelled successful by Hellebuyck's stick-save attempt.

Winnipeg outshot Dallas 11-5 successful the mediate frame.

The Jets went up 2-0 conscionable 31 seconds into a five-on-three aboriginal successful the 3rd play aft Ehlers swept the puck astir Oettinger astatine 2:20.

Dallas defenceman Lian Bichsel past took a roughing punishment with 9:43 aft immoderate blows were exchanged down the Stars' net.

Namestnikov capitalized with 10 seconds remaining successful the antheral vantage erstwhile his precocious changeable bushed Oettinger with 7:53 left.

Tempers erupted with 6:32 remaining successful the 3rd play aft Stars guardant Jamie Benn punched Scheifele successful beforehand of the Dallas bench.

Scheifele was being held backmost by linesman Ryan Daisy earlier the punch, and the 2 fell to the ice. After penalties were assessed to some players and Jets guardant Brandon Tanev, Dallas had a powerfulness play.

Ehlers sent the puck into an bare nett with 45 seconds left.

Beating the odds

The Jets defied immoderate all-time NHL stats with the victory.

According to the league, teams down 3-1 successful a playoff bid lone person a 44.7 per cent accidental of winning Game 5.

It was the 2nd clip the Jets were facing elimination successful this season's Stanley Cup playoffs, and the 10th clip successful franchise history. Their people is present 3-7.