Wheeler, Hellebuyck help Jets past Senators

WINNIPEG -- Blake Wheeler had four points and Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves for his first shutout of the season when the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-0 at Bell MTS Place on Sunday.
Wheeler, who had a goal and three assists, is fourth in NHL scoring with 35 points and ranks first with 28 assists, two more than Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos.

Mathieu Perreault had a goal and two assists, Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist and Patrik Laine and Tyler Myers scored for the Jets (17-6-1), who have won six straight at home and are 9-0-1 in their past 10 games here.
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"We'll absolutely leave this one here," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "That wasn't Ottawa's best game. I've watched them play now. They're capable of some better hockey. So it was just a 60-minute, two-pointer. We forget this one as fast as we played it."
Winnipeg outshot Ottawa 49-21, including 19-3 in the first period and 23-9 in the third period.

"It's about as embarrassing as I've ever felt playing in the NHL so definitely one we've got to wash away," Senators forward Mark Stone said.
Mike Condon allowed five goals on 22 shots for the Senators (9-10-6) and was pulled in the second period. Craig Anderson made 27 saves in relief.
Ottawa is 1-7-1 in its past nine games.
"Maybe one of the most dominating performances I've been part of in this league, to be honest," Perreault said. "From the first minute, we took over the game. I think, at one point, the shots 40-something to 15. We were in their end the whole game. Our gap was tremendous. We didn't give them nothing."
Scheifele extended his point streak to four games (three goals, six assists), scoring 2:20 into the first period on the power play to make it 1-0.

Perreault made it 2-0, tipping Jacob Trouba's point shot past Condon at 6:00.
Wheeler gave the Jets a 3-0 lead, scoring on a centering feed from Scheifele at 3:18 of the second period.
"I just thought we were going to get a much better pushback and a much better shooting mentality," Senators coach Guy Boucher said. "That's what we've got to go back to. We've got the guys to be able to do that."
Laine, playing in his 100th NHL game, scored his 13th of the season at 6:20 on the power play to make it 4-0.
Myers, who played in his 500th NHL game, made it 5-0 with a power-play goal 30 seconds later.

The Jets (38 points) tied the Lightning for the most points in the League.
"It's December," Wheeler said. "We're not slapping ourselves on the back. We're excited about where our team is at. It's the best we've done since we've been back in Winnipeg."

Goal of the game

Laine's goal at 6:20 of the second period.

Save of the game

Hellebuyck's pad save on Mark Stone at 19:08 of the second period.

Highlight of the game

Condon's save on Bryan Little at 11:55 of the first period.

They said it

"That's a really good hockey team and they made us look like a mite team out there." -- Senators forward Nate Thompson
"They showed it on the board and guys started saying stuff and whatever. It's not what I'm out here trying to do, to be honest with you. It's about trying to play how we're trying to play every single night." -- Jets forward Blake Wheeler said on leading the NHL in assists

Need to know

Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson has no points in his past nine games. He had 17 (one goal, 16 assists) in his previous 10. … Winnipeg is 6-for-10 on the power play in its past two games. ... Jets forward Kyle Connor (undisclosed) and goaltender Steve Mason (concussion) will travel on an upcoming three-game road trip, which begins against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

What's next

Senators:At the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; FS-W, RDS, TSN5, NHL.TV)
Jets: At the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, TSN3, NHL.TV)