"I thought we played a pretty good first period," Ristolainen said. "They just had a few chances. They scored, and we couldn't capitalize on our chances."
Connor extended the lead to 3-0 on the power play at 3:41 of the second period. He has seven points (five goals, two assists) during a five-game point streak.
"I think it's just a mindset, playing our game," Jets forward Blake Wheeler said. "We're pretty good at a certain way of playing, and we're not when we try to do some other things. You don't go out there saying let's shut them down defensively, you go out there with the mindset that you're going to play with speed and do the right things offensively so that you're limiting some of the odd-man rushes they might get the other way or some of the big chances they can get the other way for easy offense."
Ristolainen scored at 10:34 for the 3-1 final.