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Bobrovsky gets shutout, Panthers roll past NHL-leading Jets 5-0 to snap 2-game slide

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for his 45th career shutout, Aleksander Barkov had a short-handed goal and two assists, and the Florida Panthers beat the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 5-0 on Saturday night.t.

Connor Hellebuyck's goals-against average rose to 2.15 after the Panthers beat him 5 times on 31 shots

Tim Reynolds · The Associated Press ·
A man on red hockey gear rises hockey stick to the sky in rink.
Florida Panthers center Evan Rodrigues, left, reacts after scoring against Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, right, during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday. (Lynne Sladky/Associate Press)

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for his 45th career shutout, Aleksander Barkov had a short-handed goal and two assists, and the Florida Panthers beat the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 5-0 on Saturday night.

Sam Reinhart had three assists for Florida, which snapped a two-game slide and became the first team to take a five-goal lead on the Jets this season. Mackie Samoskevich,Evan Rodrigues,Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for the Atlantic Division leaders.

Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck came into the night with an NHL-best 1.92 goals-against average. It rose to 2.15 after the Panthers beat him five times on 31 shots, and he took the loss for just the second time in 14 games this season.

Reinhart now has points in 10 straight games, had his fourth three-point game of the season and his first three-assist game in the regular season since he had four against Columbus on Dec. 10, 2023.

Two men in rockery gear skate towards a puck.
Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett (9) and Winnipeg Jets center Cole Perfetti (91) go for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday. (Lynne Sladky/Associate Press)

Since hockey returned to Winnipeg in 2011, no Jets team ever had more than 11 wins through a season's first 18 games, and despite going 0-2-0 in Florida, after losing in Tampa Bay on Thursday, a 15-3-0 record is by far the best start in the team's history.

The teams play again Tuesday in Winnipeg.

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