Winnipeg’s jets will live to skate another day.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice, Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assistance and Connor Hellebuyck made 22 salvages to help jets avoid elimination with a 4-0 victory over the stars of Dallas in game 5 of his second round series on Thursday.
The stars lead the best confrontation of playoffs 3-2 and game 6 goes on Saturday in Dallas.
Vladislav Namestnikov also scored. Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk contributed two assists in front of a roar crowd in the Canada Life Center.
Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots for the stars.
The Jets have 6-1 at home this postseason, but face a great test for the visiting game in the battle of the West Conference.
Winnipeg has lost the five road games, even in his first round series against St. Louis Blues that the jets won in a double extra time of game 7 at home.
The jets and stars began the night with each team obtaining a game of power in the eight minutes of opening of the game. Oettinger took out his glove to frustrate a Connor One-Timer, and Hellebuyck again took a shot from Hintz.
Dallas came out empty with his second advantage as a remaining six minutes.
The Jets were the strongest side in the opening period, surpassing visitors 13-4.
Hellebuyck was well greased early in the second painting, taking out his glove to make a salvation close to the defense of the stars Thomas Harley.
The goalkeeper also participated in the fourth goal of Scheifele of the playoffs at 6:17.
After Hellebuyck made a Poke’s check to start the play of four against four, Scheifele was the trailer and shot him the album that the first hit of the stars to the striker Wyatt Johnson and then entered the Harley Skate Network.
Winnipeg almost did it 2-0 in the power game with 53 seconds, but it was ruled that the album was guided on the network.
Jet fans began to sing, “they should have kicked it,” referring to a controversial goal winner of Dallas striker Alexander Petrovic in the victory of game 3 of the stars. A review had governed the kick of the Petrovic album towards the network was driven by the Hellebuyck Stick-Save attempt.
Winnipeg Outshot Dallas 11-5 in the middle frame.
The jets continued 2-0 only 31 seconds in a five against three at the beginning of the third period after Ehlers swept the album around Oettinger at 2:20.
Dallas’s defense, Lian Bichsel, received a negligible penalty with 9:43 after some blows exchanged behind the stars network.
Namestnikov capitalized with 10 seconds in the advantage of man when his high shot beat Oettinger with the remaining 7:53.
The temperature exploded with 6:32 remaining in the third period after the eaves of the stars Jamie Benn hit Scheifele in front of the Dallas Bank.
Scheifele was stopped by Ryan Daisy line player before the blow, and the two fell into the ice. After the sanctions were evaluated both the players and the striker of the Jets Brandon Tanev, Dallas had a power game.
Ehlers sent the album to an empty network with remaining 45 seconds.
Overcoming the probabilities
The Jets challenged some NHL statistics of all time with victory.
According to the League, the teams fall 3-1 in a series of playoffs only have 44.7 percent chance of winning game 5.
It was the second time that the Jets faced the elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs this season, and the tenth time in the history of the franchise. Its brand is now 3-7.
