Morrissey and Hellebuyck lead Jets past Canucks 5-3 to halt 3-game slide

Josh Morrissey had a extremity and 2 assists arsenic the Winnipeg Jets bushed the Vancouver Canucks 5-3

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Josh Morrissey had a extremity and 2 assists arsenic the Winnipeg Jets bushed the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 connected Tuesday night.

Alex Iafallo added an empty-net extremity and an assistance for the Jets successful his 600th regular-season game. Jonathan Toews, Nino Niederreiter and Gabriel Vilardi besides scored for Winnipeg.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 30 shots to assistance the Jets drawback a three-game skid.

Vancouver got first-period goals from Kiefer Sherwood and Jake DeBrusk earlier Brock Boeser scored with 90 seconds near successful the game. Quinn Hughes had 3 assists and Elias Pettersson added two.

Thatcher Demko made his archetypal commencement since Nov. 3 and gave up 3 goals connected 8 shots successful the archetypal play earlier leaving with an undisclosed injury. He was replaced by Kevin Lankinen to commencement the 2nd and the Finnish netminder made 20 saves successful Vancouver’s 2nd consecutive loss.

Just 15 seconds aft Morrissey tied the score, Adam Lowry tossed a puck connected nett and Niederreiter deflected it successful to springiness the Jets a 3-2 pb astatine 14:53 of the first.

Winnipeg went scoreless connected 14 powerfulness plays implicit 4 games earlier Morrissey’s agelong thrust from wrong the bluish enactment deflected successful disconnected Sherwood. Vilardi added different power-play extremity 48 seconds into the 3rd to springiness the Jets a 4-2 lead. Winnipeg finished 2 for 4 with the antheral advantage.

Vancouver’s punishment termination has fixed up 10 goals connected 21 chances implicit the past 7 games. The portion entered ranked 31st successful the NHL.

Jets: Visit the Seattle Kraken connected Thursday.

Canucks: Open a three-game travel against Carolina connected Friday.

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