Conner scores hat trick as Jets blank Predators 5-0, clinch playoff spot Globe_Sports
Winnipeg Jets celebrate from the bench as Kyle Connor skates by during second period NHL action against the Nashville Predators, in Winnipeg on Saturday, March 23, 2019. Connor scored three goals, including an empty-netter, adding to a 5-0 victory for the Jets.Kyle Connor had a hat trick and one assist and Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves as the Winnipeg Jets clinched a playoff spot with a 5-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.
Pekka Rinne stopped 38 shots for the Predators , who are in second place in the Central Division, four points back of the Jets.Winnipeg made some lineup changes for the game, slotting Nikolaj Ehlers on the left wing with centre Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler, and bumping Patrik Laine down to the right side of the second line with Hayes and Connor.
Connor scored his 30th goal of the season after he took a pass from Hayes, raced down the ice and got around Predators defenceman P.K. Subban in the slot before flipping a backhand shot by Rinne at 4:42. It also marked a career-high 58 points for the sophomore Connor.Copp made it 2-0 at 14:16 on a second opportunity. He whiffed on an attempt to put a rebound into an open side of the net, but got the puck behind the goal-line and sent a shot that bounced in off a standing Rinne.
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