By Canadian Press

Winnipeg Jets score three second-period goals en route to 4-1 win over Calgary Flames

Feb 4, 2021 | 8:53 PM

WINNIPEG — Mason Appleton score twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Winnipeg (7-3-1) earned a second straight win over Calgary (4-5-1). Appleton’s second goal of the game and third of the season into the empty net at 18:38 of the third cemented the Jets’ victory.

Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele had the other goals for Winnipeg, which outscored Calgary 3-0 in the second to anchor the win. Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 shots for his club-record 153rd career victory.

The Jets won 3-2 on Tuesday after Calgary earned a 4-3 shootout victory Monday.

Andrew Mangiapane scored Calgary, who’ll face the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday before hosting Winnipeg on Tuesday night. The Jets are off until visiting the Flames.

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Mangiapane had the lone goal of the first period, tipping a shot from the point for his second of the season at 19:04. It marked just the second time in eight games that Calgary, which outshot Winnipeg 11-10, registered the first goal in a contest.

Appleton made it 1-1 at 3:31 of the second. Nikolaj Ehlers nearly put Winnipeg ahead at about the six-minute mark alone in front on a Calgary turnover but Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom made the brilliant stop to keep it tied.

Connor put Winnipeg ahead 2-1, scoring his team-leading seventh of the season unassisted on a breakaway at 13:59. Scheifele made it 3-1 with his fifth with 51 seconds remaining in the frame.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 4, 2021.

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