Kyle Connor had a birthday performance to remember in the Winnipeg Jets&#8217; 3–0 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.

Winnipeg&#8217;s leading scorer turned 25 on Dec. 9 and celebrated with two goals in the third period against Seattle. The first came just 47 seconds into the final frame, with Connor one-timing a pass by @Mark Scheifele past Kraken goaltender @Philipp Grubauer.
@Logan Stanley picked up the secondary helper on Connor&#8217;s 16th goal of the season, shown here on the official Sportsnet Twitter account:
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It&#39;s a birthday goal for Kyle Connor! 🎉 <a href="https://t.co/M513ITmLC1">pic.twitter.com/M513ITmLC1</a>
&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1469170656201871360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Connor double-dipped at the 14:54 mark of the period, impossibly lifting the puck over Grubauer&#8217;s shoulder from the top of the crease after dancing past defenceman @Adam Larsson at the blue line.
While Connor&#8217;s second goal of the night (and his 17th of the season) was primarily an individual effort, @Blake Wheeler recorded an assist on the play.
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Umm&#8230; yeah, I&#39;m speechless. Kyle Connor is incredible at scoring goals. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLJets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHLJets</a> <a href="https://t.co/491HbXzuba">pic.twitter.com/491HbXzuba</a>
&mdash; JetsNation (@NHLJetsNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLJetsNation/status/1469177950562131972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2021</a></blockquote>
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@Dominic Toninato also scored for Winnipeg, which improved to 13–9–4 with the victory. @Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for his 10th win (and first shutout) of the season.
Winnipeg will return to action on Friday for a date with the Vancouver Canucks at 9:00 p.m. CT.

Kyle Connor had a birthday performance to remember in the Winnipeg Jets' 3–0 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.



Winnipeg's leading scorer turned 25 on Dec. 9 and celebrated with two goals in the third period against Seattle. The first came just 47 seconds into the final frame, with Connor one-timing a pass by @Mark Scheifele past Kraken goaltender @Philipp Grubauer.

@Logan Stanley picked up the secondary helper on Connor's 16th goal of the season, shown here on the official Sportsnet Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1469170656201871360

Connor double-dipped at the 14:54 mark of the period, impossibly lifting the puck over Grubauer's shoulder from the top of the crease after dancing past defenceman @Adam Larsson at the blue line.

While Connor's second goal of the night (and his 17th of the season) was primarily an individual effort, @Blake Wheeler recorded an assist on the play.

https://twitter.com/NHLJetsNation/status/1469177950562131972

@Dominic Toninato also scored for Winnipeg, which improved to 13–9–4 with the victory. @Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for his 10th win (and first shutout) of the season.

Winnipeg will return to action on Friday for a date with the Vancouver Canucks at 9:00 p.m. CT.

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