Key Takeaways
- Winnipeg got goals from six different players; Mark Scheifele and Dawson Mercer each finished with a goal and an assist, and Kyle Connor and Dylan DeMelo had two assists each.
- Mercer's goal at 14:04 of the first period was his first of the season and his first as a Jet.
- The Jets (6-8-3) have won two straight after a nine-game skid; the Canucks (3-14-1) have lost four straight and 14 of their last 15.
Two Goals in 14 Seconds. Six Different Scorers. The Jets Are Winning Again.
Nine games without a win can make a season feel lost.
Then, two nights after a record comeback from 4-0 down in Montreal, the Winnipeg Jets made it look like the skid never happened.
Alex Iafallo scored on the power play at 3:49 of the first period. Cole Koepke made it 2-0 just 14 seconds later.
That was the moment Canada Life Centre erupted — and the Jets never let Vancouver back into the game.
Liam Ohgren cut the lead to 2-1 at 6:51, but Dawson Mercer answered at 14:04. He finished a Cole Perfetti pass for his first goal of the season — and his first as a Jet since arriving from New Jersey on October 23.
It was the kind of goal that changes a night.
Neal Pionk made it 4-1 at 6:52 of the second. Mark Scheifele pushed it to 5-1 at 11:36 with a one-handed flick over Leevi Merilainen's pad. On that goal, 18-year-old Viggo Bjorck, the No. 8 pick in the 2026 draft, picked up his first NHL point.
Mario Ferraro made it 6-1 at 11:32 of the third before Brock Boeser closed the scoring at 15:09.
Final: Jets 6, Canucks 2.
Six different Jets scored. That is the story of this win.
Scheifele and Mercer each had a goal and an assist. Kyle Connor and Dylan DeMelo each added two assists. Stuart Skinner made 24 saves for Winnipeg, while Merilainen stopped 23 for Vancouver.
The Jets (6-8-3) have now won two straight after a nine-game skid. The Canucks (3-14-1) have lost four in a row and 14 of their last 15.
The Twikup Take
Two games ago, the Jets could not buy a win. Now they have a record comeback and a six-goal night back to back.
The depth scoring is the difference. When six players find the net, the Jets do not need one star to save them.
Mercer's first goal as a Jet is the cherry on top. The Canucks have now lost four straight, and the Jets suddenly look like a team that remembers how to win.
Photo: "NHL hockey game between the Winnipeg Jets and Seattle Kraken in Seattle on March 8, 2024" by Jenn G, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.