Gabriel Vilardi scores a pair of goals and Jets win their 8th straight, 4-3 over Islanders

WINNIPEG — Gabriel Vilardi scored 2 second-period goals and the Winnipeg Jets won their eighth consecutive game, 4-3 implicit the New York Islanders connected Friday night.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Alex Iafallo besides scored for Winnipeg portion Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele had a brace of assists each. Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves.

Kyle Palmieri, Marc Gatcomb and Simon Holmstrom scored for the Islanders portion Ilya Sorokin stopped 23 shots.

Vilardi tied the crippled 2-2 with his archetypal extremity 4:23 into the 2nd period. He scored his 2nd extremity with 2:42 near successful the 2nd to marque it 4-2 for Winnipeg.

Holmstrom opened the scoring conscionable 1:05 into the game.

TAKEAWAYS

Jets: After a sloppy archetypal period, their discourtesy came to life, outscoring New York 3-1 to instrumentality a 4-2 lead.

Islanders: Came connected similar gangbusters successful the 3rd period, pulling to wrong a extremity with astir 8 minutes left, leaving the Jets conscionable hanging on.

KEY MOMENT

Vilardi scored precocious successful the 2nd to springiness Winnipeg immoderate breathing country with a 4-2 lead. It was Vilardi’s career-best 24th extremity of the season.

KEY STAT

Hellebuyck stopped 8 shots, galore of them outstanding, during a third-period powerfulness play and the Jets starring by conscionable 1 goal.

UP NEXT

The Jets volition not play their adjacent crippled until Feb. 22 erstwhile they sojourn St. Louis.

The Islanders look the Wild successful Minnesota connected Saturday night.