Winnipeg Jets stars lead the way in Philly, as visitors down Flyers 4-1

Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists, Kyle Connor added a goal and an assist and the Winnipeg Jets snapped a three-game skid by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday night.

Scheifele scores 35th goal of the season, adds 2 assists to help snap 3-game skid

Anthony Sanfilippo · The Associated Press · Posted: Mar 06, 2025 10:16 PM EST | Last Updated: March 7

Three teammates smile. — Nikolaj Ehlers, centre, is congratulated by teammates Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor after scoring his 20th goal of the season in the first period Thursday night in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)

Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists, Kyle Connor added a goal and an assist and the Winnipeg Jets snapped a three-game skid by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday night.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Adam Lowry also scored for the Jets, who became the first NHL team to reach 90 points this season. Eric Comrie made 21 saves.

Matvei Michkov scored the lone goal for Philadelphia, which lost for the third time in four games.

Scheifele opened the scoring with a power-play goal on a backhander at 8:32 of the first period. He then assisted on the Jets' next two goals.

Connor had two points to move into a tie for third in the NHL in scoring. Gabriel Vilardi had three assists.

Takeaways

Jets: The top-ranked power play in the NHL continued to produce as Winnipeg scored on both of its opportunities. The Jets have scored 55 goals while having a man advantage this season and are clicking on the power play at 32 per cent.

Overhead view of a Winnipeg Jets player in white and blue tucking the puck into the net behind an outstretched goalie in orange and black. — Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson stretches in vain to try to stop Nikolaj Ehlers from tucking the puck into the net during a first-period power play, one of two successful man-advantage situations for the Jets Thursday night. (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)

Flyers: Travis Konecny, the team's leading scorer, has gone six games without a goal and has just two in the last 22 games.

Key moment

Connor's goal came 5:28 into the second period and expanded Winnipeg's lead to 3-0. His shot came from the right boards and beat Sam Ersson between the blocker and his right pad.