Jets beat the Stars 4-0 to force
Game 6 in the Western Conference semifinal series
[May 16, 2025]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves and
the Winnipeg Jets beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 on Thursday night to
force a sixth game in the Western Conference semifinal series.
With Edmonton awaiting the winner in the conference final, the
Presidents’ Trophy-winning Jets avoided elimination to send the
series back to Dallas for Game 6 on Saturday night.
“We knew this wasn’t going to be easy,” Stars forward Matt Duchene
said. “We knew they weren’t going to roll over on us. We’re going to
Dallas here and see if we can end it.”
Nikolaj Ehlers had two goals and Mark Scheifele and Vladislav
Namestnikov also scored to back Hellebuyck in his second shutout of
the playoffs.
Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots for Dallas. Stars captain Jamie Benn
sucker-punched Scheifele during a late scrum, with Benn given a
misconduct penalty and possibly facing a suspension for Game 6.
“They’re going to have a big pushback the next game, so we’ve got to
make sure our details are right and we bring it,” Hellebuyck said.
“Our backs are against the wall and it’s time to play Jet hockey.”
Scheifele opened the scoring at 6:17 of the second period with a
shot that deflected off two Dallas players. Scheifele's wrist shot
from the right side hit Wyatt Johnston's stick, then struck Thomas
Harley skate in front of the net.
Tyler Seguin missed a chance to tie it when hit the left post on a
close-range shot with 3:19 left in the second. The Jets got a late
power play in the period when Mason Marchment was called for holding
Ehlers, but Oettinger thwarted the best scoring chance when Gabriel
Vilardi's shot hit the goalie in the back after he got turned around
on a wide scramble.
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Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) celebrates his goal against
Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) with Kyle Connor (81)
during second period NHL playoff hockey action in Winnipeg,
Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ehlers made it 2-0 on a two-man advantage at 2:20
of the third, beating Oettinger in close from the right side.
Dallas' Alexander Petrovic and Esa Lindell were called for tripping
penalties in an 11-second span.
Vladislav Namestnikov scored on another power with 7:53 left, firing
a wrist shot from the slot over Oettinger.
Ehlers had a short-handed empty-netter in the final minute.
“We don’t want to be done playing hockey and today showed that,”
Ehlers said. “We’ve just got to take that to the next game.”
Scheifele also had an assist, and Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk each
had two assists to help the Jets improve to 6-1 at home this
postseason. They are 0-5 on the road.
“We haven’t played well on the road at all this playoff, so no
better time than now to start,” Lowry said.
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