Jets extend their winning streak to six after an epic comeback shootout win as Mark Scheifele breaks Hawerchuk’s points record

The Winnipeg Jets are now twenty one games (a quarter of their season) into their 2026-27 NHL regular season following a Saturday afternoon matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Jets had a day off yesterday after their commanding 8-3 win on the road against the Stars on Thursday. Now on a five game win streak, the Jets were in Chicago against a Blackhawks team at the bottom of the Central Division standings. All eyes were on Mark Scheifele tonight, as all he needed was a single point to officially pass Dale Hawerchuk for first all time in scoring (points) in Winnipeg Jets history.

Before looking back at the Jets Saturday afternoon game against the Blackhawks, we need to quickly look back at how the Jets won their 5th straight game on Thursday night. As you can tell by the 8-3 score, the Jets offence was rolling, and a five goal second period carried them to victory on the road. Mark Scheifele led the way with two goals and an assist, as the Jets star forward reached 929 career points, tying Dale Hawerchuk’s franchise record.

Despite the score, the Stars slightly outshot the Jets 33-30, as Stuart Skinner made 30 saves for the win. The other interesting point to mention about this game is that the Stars led 2-0 after the 1st period thanks to goals from Arttu Hyry and Roope Hintz. Dylan DeMelo is currently out week-to-week with a right lower-body injury suffered in this 1st period. DeMelo’s right leg got caught under a falling Mikko Rantanen, and DeMelo was helped off the ice and didn’t return. This injury will end DeMelo’s streak of appearing in 294 games, which was the 10th longest active streak in the NHL.

The Jets responded early in the 2nd period with a pair of unassisted goals from Dylan Samberg and Mark Scheifele. David Perron deflected the puck past Skinner for his 1st goal of the season with nine minutes left in the 2nd, and that would be the last goal the Stars scored on the night. In the final six minutes of the 2nd Dawson Mercer scored a pair and Scheifele added his 2nd goal of the night.

Kyle Connor gave the Jets a 6-3 lead a minute into the 3rd. Fourteen minutes later Gabriel Vilardi and Cole Koepke scored 14 seconds apart, and the Jets cruised to a 8-3 win. Jake Oettinger was pulled from the Stars net after the 6th goal. Casey DeSmith took over for the rest of the 3rd period but he only made one singular save, as the Jets scored two goals on three shots on DeSmith.

Tonight, the Jets were in Chicago taking on a struggling Blackhawks team. Mark Scheifele entered the game with 10 points in his last 5 games, while Connor Bedard has been leading the Blackhawks with 6 points in the last 5 games. This afternoon’s game started with the Blackhawks scoring on their first shot of the game from Tyler Bertuzzi. Anton Frondell doubled the Blackhawks lead about eight minutes later, and Connor Bedard made it 3-0 Blackhawks with 4 seconds left in the 1st on the only powerplay of the opening frame. Shots on goal after 20 minutes were 8-8.

Nico Daws replaced Staurt Skinner in goal to begin the 2nd. The first five minutes of the second period were pretty quiet for both teams, before the Jets got their first powerplay of the game. Nothing of note happened on the man advantage, and the shots on goal in the 2nd after nine minutes were just 1-1. Two minutes later, Patrick Kane high sticked Josh Morrissey and Frank Nazar tripped Mark Scheifele on the same play, and the Jets had a full two minute 5 on 3.

There was a few quality chances, but the Jets still couldn’t get on the board. Less than 30 seconds after the 5 on 3 was over the Jets took a penalty, and just over a minute later it was 4-0 Blackhawks as Nazar notched his 8th goal of the season. The Jets finally got on the board less than two minutes later, and history was made in Chicago. Mark Scheifele was set up by Josh Morrissey and Kyle Connor to record his 930th career point, all with the Jets. Scheifele passed Hawerchuk’s record of 929 points, and the goal also tied Hawerchuk’s record for most goals in Jets history.

Two minutes later Scheifele stole the puck from behind the net (after Knight’s stick got caught in the boards) and set up Kyle Connor in front for his 17th goal of the season. The Jets finally got things rolling after being down 4-0, and going into the 2nd intermission it was now 4-2 Blackhawks. Shots on goal with twenty minutes remaining were 17-12 for the Jets.

Could the Jets really come back down four goals again? Ian Cole took a penalty just twenty seconds into the 3rd, and Cole Perfetti scored on the powerplay 35 seconds later after he was set up in front from Vilardi and Scheifele. The Jets began to push for the game tying goal, but Spencer Knight made a few key saves to keep this a 4-3 game. This game continued on without another goal or penalty, and Jets pulled the goalie with just over two minutes left. After a few shots on goal, Scheifele made a great pass in front to Vilardi who slid the puck under Knight to tie this game at four.

This game needed overtime, as the Jets came all the back down 4-0 to earn themselves at least a point. Shots on goal were 27-18 for the Jets entering the five minutes of 3 on 3. Both teams got their chances in OT, but this game needed a shootout after the Blackhawks and Jets each got three shots on goal in an attempt to win this game.

This epic showdown needed a shootout, and Scheifele opened the shootout with a goal. After a save by Daws against Bedard, Kyle Connor scored on the backhand to make it 2-0 Jets in the shootout. Patrick Kane needed to score to keep the shootout alive, and he did, as it went to round three. Gabriel Vilardi was stopped, and it came down to Kantserov against Daws. A shot aimed for the top corner was stopped by Daws, who made the save to secure the 5-4 comeback shootout win to extend the Jets winning streak to six games.

The 2026-27 NHL regular season continues on, with another busy week of hockey ahead as we reach the quarter season mark. Stay tuned here on Daily Faceoff Winnipeg for the latest news on the Jets regular season, as well as articles to preview and recap the Jets next game on Tuesday at 7 pm CT against the Ottawa Senators.

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