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VANCOUVER -- Patrik Laine scored three goals for the Winnipeg Jets in a 6-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Monday.

Laine scored his second goal on a 3-on-2 with 5:49 left in the third period to make it 5-3, and the 20-year-old completed his second hat trick this season and the sixth of his NHL career when he shot into an empty net with 1:52 left for the 6-3 final score.
Only Wayne Gretzky, with 12, had more NHL hat tricks before turning 21 than Laine, who was happy to score all three goals at even strength after seven of his eight goals entering the game came on the power play.
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"I'm not going to say it out loud, but obviously it's bothering you because you're not producing 5-on-5," Laine said. "But when you stay patient and work hard, you are going to get rewarded like I got rewarded tonight. Just being patient, that's the key, and from now on, if I don't score in the next 20 (games) 5-on-5, I am not going to lose it, I am just going to stay patient and keep working hard."

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Playing with Kyle Connor and Byran Little helped. The line combined for nine points; Connor had a goal and three assists, giving him nine points (four goals, five assists) in a five-game point streak, and Little had a goal and an assist.
"We have three good players on that line," Laine said. "I always liked playing with those two, and we are starting to build some chemistry between the three of us, and today it was just kind of clicking."
Mark Scheifele had a goal and assist, and Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves for the Jets (12-5-2), who are 4-0-1 in their past five games.
"They had some moments where they pressed hard and put us on our heels," Little said. "But for us, the big thing was that third period, we kept in it and stayed positive."
Elias Pettersson, Tyler Motte and Nikolay Goldobin scored, and Jacob Markstrom made 43 saves for the Canucks (10-11-2), who have lost six straight (0-5-1).
"Until the end of the third, it's a tight game," Markstrom said. "But that doesn't help us much right now with the position we're in. We're in the position where we need points."
Winnipeg outshot Vancouver 23-7 in the first period.
"You hear coach talk about a shooter's mentality, and that's what we did, and it gets everybody's feet moving," Connor said. "So much creates off that first shot."
Little made it 1-0 1:13 into the game after Markstrom's errant clearing attempt left the Jets forward with an open net.
"You score on your first shift, and it seems like you got an extra gear out there," Little said.
Pettersson tied it 1-1 when he scored with a one-timer on the power play at 8:09. It was his second straight game with a goal after a four-game point drought. Pettersson leads the Canucks and NHL rookies with 12 goals and 19 points in 17 games.
Scheifele scored on the rebound of a Nikolaj Ehlers shot off the rush to make it 2-1 at 14:00, and Connor beat Markstrom 39 seconds later from a sharp angle off a rush on the power play to make it 3-1 at 14:39.
The Jets made it 4-1 at 10:04 of the second period after two Canucks collided and lost the puck to Connor, who passed to Laine alone in the slot.
Winnipeg's NHL-leading power play (32.1 percent) had a chance to extend the lead after a penalty on the ensuing face-off, but Motte scored on a shorthanded breakaway to make it 4-2 at 11:21.
After Pettersson's pursuit forced Winnipeg defenseman Tyler Myers into a turnover, Goldobin drove to the net and deked around Hellebuyck to score on his backhand to get Vancouver to within 4-3 at 16:08.
"We felt comfortable, started playing faster, created more chances," Goldobin said.

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They said it

"He looks confident out there. For him, it's just staying positive and not being so hard on himself." -- Jets forward Bryan Little on linemate Patrik Laine
"I like that our group battled back. I didn't expect them to just lay down. We've talked about how we want to play. And part of how we want to play is when it's hard. When you're up against it a little bit, you've got to dig deep and play." -- Canucks coach Travis Green

Need to know

Jets forward Blake Wheeler was held without a point for the second straight game after he had 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in an 11-game point streak. … Scheifele has 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) in past his 12 games. … Jets forward Adam Lowry played his 300th NHL game. … Motte played his 100th NHL game. ... Jimmy Carson and Dale Hawerchuk are the two other players in NHL history who had six hat tricks before turning 21.

What's next

Jets: At the Calgary Flames on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; SN, NHL.TV)
Canucks: At the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; SN, SN1, PRIME, NHL.TV)

Laine's sixth hat trick powers Jets past Canucks, 6-3