The Winnipeg Jets were looking to end their win-loss rhythm Thursday night at Canada Life Centre against the Chicago Blackhawks, and they did just that, skating away with a 6-3 victory on Halloween Eve.

Vladislav Namestnikov got the crowd going early, opening the scoring just 1:42 into the game on the power play. Gustav Nyquist drove into the zone, played a quick give-and-go with Nino Niederreiter, and set up Namestnikov in front of Spencer Knight. The Russian  forward made no mistake, burying it to make it 1-0.

The Blackhawks tied it 1-1 on a bizarre bounce. Connor Hellebuyck went behind the net to play a dump-in, but the puck took a strange hop off the glass and landed right in front for Teuvo Teravainen, who tapped it in.

Winnipeg quickly regained the lead when Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi broke out on a 2-on-1. Scheifele slid a pass across to Vilardi, who ripped a shot past a sprawling Knight to make it 2-1.

Early in the second period, Scheifele continued his stellar October by scoring his team-leading ninth goal of the season, firing one through Knight’s five-hole to extend the lead.

The Jets kept piling on in the middle frame. Dylan DeMelo found Vilardi in the slot, and the winger buried his second of the night blocker-side to make it 4-1. Winnipeg carried that three-goal cushion into the second intermission.

Josh Morrissey, who’s been a consistent offensive presence all month, finally got his first of the season in the third. His slapshot from the blue line hit the post, bounced off Knight, and found its way in to make it 5-1.

Chicago mounted a brief pushback with goals from Alex Vlasic, his first of the year, and Andre Burakovsky, who cut the deficit to 5-3.

Kyle Connor, the only Jet on the top line without a goal at that point, capped off the night by roofing a backhander past Knight to restore the three-goal lead and seal the 6-3 win.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 21 shots, while longtime Blackhawk Jonathan Toews notched an assist in his first game against his former team.

The Jets will wrap up their two-game homestand Saturday afternoon when Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit Canada Life Centre. Puck drop is set for 2:00 p.m. on TSN3.