Overview
- Eric Comrie stopped 34 of 35 shots to backstop Winnipeg’s 4-1 home win over Buffalo.
- Kyle Connor scored his team-leading 15th goal and extended his goal streak to four games.
- Fourth-liners Cole Koepke netted his first as a Jet and Tanner Pearson scored on a breakaway, and Gabriel Vilardi added an empty-netter.
- Winnipeg sits 2-1-1 over its last four games and moved to within a point of a wild-card spot, according to postgame reports.
- Connor Hellebuyck remains out about 3–4 weeks and Haydn Fleury has resumed skating; the Jets flew to Edmonton for Saturday’s game with Thomas Milic slated to start.