It may just be the preseason, but it was a night to forget for last year’s Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck.
The Minnesota Wild scored eight goals on the Jets netminder and cruised to an 8–5 win over Winnipeg, which was playing without most of its top forwards.
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The Jets fell to 1–2–1 in the preseason.
In his first game since signing a two-year contract on Monday, Cole Perfetti scored for the Jets on the power play, while Morgan Barron, Mason Appleton, Brayden Yager and Nikita Chibrikov also lit up for the Jets.
Hellebuyck allowed eight goals on 29 shots in his first action of the preseason. Minnesota had several of their star forwards playing, as Joel Eriksson scored two goals and three assists, while Kirill Kaprizov added two goals.
The Jets have two preseason games remaining, both against the Calgary Flames, on Wednesday in Winnipeg and Friday in Calgary.
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