Three things - Connor OT hero again

WINNIPEG – Kyle Connor scored his ninth career overtime goal and tied Ilya Kovalchuk for the second most in Jets/Thrashers history in a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Connor scored twice, Mark Scheifele and Gabe Vilardi added singles for the Jets (36-15-5) who are now one point back of the Dallas Stars for first place in the Central. Scheifele had a four-point night (1G, 3A), Josh Morrissey had three assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves. Winnipeg has won ten consecutive games against Arizona and will host St. Louis on Tuesday.

POWER PLAY ON FIRE

For the fourth time in their last five games, the Jets scored twice on the power play. With the game tied 1-1, Kyle Connor finished off a three-way passing play, one timing a pass from Gabe Vilardi at 14:45. Less than two minutes later, Vilardi made a quick move in tight on Connor Ingram going from his forehand to his backhand putting Winnipeg up 3-1.

“Two big goals tonight,” said Rick Bowness.

“But as we said all year, get those three guys together and give them a chance to get some chemistry on the power play and it should turn around.”

J-MO HEATING UP

Josh Morrissey had a tremendous weekend in the assist department with his second straight game with three helpers. Tonight, Morrissey also collected his 112th career primary assist and tied Toby Enstrom for the second most by a defenseman in franchise history. Dustin Byfuglien tops the list with 135.

TIMELY SAVE

As great as the power play and Morrissey were tonight, we are not talking about a Jets win without the save that Connor Hellebuyck made in overtime. Sean Durzi walked in all alone 23 seconds into the extra frame and Hellebuyck stuck out his left pad that allowed Morrissey, Scheifele and Connor to close out the game. The Jets netminder made another huge stop earlier in the night on Matias Maccelli when he denied the Coyote forward with his left pad. Hellebuyck boasts a 13-3-0 record in 16 starts against the Coyotes.