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Kyle Connor and Sam Gagner both collected one goal and one assist to lead the injury-ravaged Winnipeg Jets to a 5-1 road victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.<br> Kyle Capobianco, Neal Pionk and Axel Jonsson-Fjallby also scored for the Jets, who received a 22-save performance from goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.<br><br>Pierre-Luc Dubois collected three assists in Winnipeg's sixth victory in eight outings, and fifth consecutive on the road.<br> Bo Horvat replied for the Canucks and goalie Spencer Martin stopped 22 shots.<br> The Jets came out flying and were rewarded with Connor's 13th goal of the season before the three-minute mark.<br><br>Connor rifled a shot from the [https://slotjppaus.com/ Daftar Slot JP Paus] for a power-play goal to extend his point-scoring streak to eight games.<br> With an assist on the opening tally, Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey netted his ninth helper in an eight-game point streak, tied for the longest point-scoring run by a defenseman in franchise history.<br> Capobianco, playing his fourth game of the season, doubled the lead with a point-shot marker at 5:30 of the second period, finding the sweet spot with a slew of players in front of the net.<br><br>Pionk also blasted home a point shot for his fifth goal of the season -- a rocket of a one-timer -- at 12:08 of the middle frame to make it a 3-0 game.<br> Gagner extended the edge just 56 seconds into the third period when he buried a one-timer set up by Dubois' cross-ice feed for his fifth of the season. Jonsson-Fjallby netted his second tally of the season, a top-corner shot on a partial breakaway, 7:59 into the final period.<br> Hellebuyck's bid for a shutout was spoiled with just over five minutes remaining when Horvat deflected a point shot for a power-play goal, his 22nd tally of the season.<br> Earlier in the day, the Jets announced forward Blake Wheeler will miss at least four weeks after taking a deflected shot to the groin area the previous outing.<br><br>As well, defenseman Nate Schmidt is expected to be out four-to-six weeks due to a suspected shoulder injury, also suffered in Thursday's clash with the Nashville Predators.<br> Winnipeg, also without Nikolaj Ehlers (sports hernia), Mason Appleton (wrist), Saku Maenalanen (suspected shoulder) and Logan Stanley (suspected left knee), have more than $23 million in salary-cap players out due to injury.<br> --Field Level Media<br>
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