Laine scores twice on power play as Jets top Flames in pre-season
Posted Sep 25, 2017 11:25 pm.
Last Updated Sep 25, 2017 11:33 pm.
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Patrik Laine scored a pair of power-play goals and added three assists to help the Winnipeg Jets earn their first victory of the pre-season with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames Monday.
Steve Mason made 26 saves for Winnipeg (1-3-1), while Eddie Lack stopped 29 shots for the Flames (1-4-0).
Winnipeg’s top power-play unit featured centre Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler and Laine. The trio paid off with the game’s first three goals.
Scheifele scored the first one, followed by Laine’s pair. Nikolaj Ehlers then scored at even strength, Winnipeg’s first even-strength goal of the exhibition season.
Dustin Byfuglien finished it off with his own power-play marker late in third.
The Jets have nine power-play goals in the pre-season.
Wheeler and Scheifele each picked up three assists.
Calgary’s scorers were Sean Monahan and Matthew Tkachuk, who was playing his first pre-season game after missing four with a hip problem.
The Flames will continue their pre-season schedule on Thursday against the Canucks in Vancouver.
