Winnipeg Jets beat Coyotes 4-2 in season finale to earn home-ice in first round of playoffs Globe_Sports
Jacob Trouba and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored, and Blake Wheeler had his 71st assist for Winnipeg, which won just two of its last seven games to give up a four-point lead in the Central Division. Nashville, which won earlier Saturday night, earned its second straight division title, edging the Jets by one point.
Scheifele scored his 38th goal to tie the score late in the first period, after Galchenyuk’s 19th had given the Coyotes a 1-0 lead 2:21 in.Winnipeg then scored three times in the second to take control. Trouba put the Jets ahead for good with his eighth at 2:35, and Connor scored his 34th to make it 3-1 with 9:55 left in the period - just 2 seconds after a power play ended but before the Coyotes’ fifth skater could get in the play. Ehlers gave Winnipeg a three-goal lead with 21st with 4:39 left.
“Ever since we got put back together, we’ve been trending in the right direction,” Connor said. “Each game, our game is growing, and we are learning a lot from each other.”
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