Mark Scheifele gave Winnipeg the edge when it mattered, and the Jets kept pouring it on from there in an 8-3 rout of the Dallas Stars on Thursday night at American Airlines Center.
Scheifele finished with two goals and an assist, and his second-period power-play marker stood up as the winner in a game that flipped fast after Dallas had twice built a lead.
The Stars struck first at 4:19 of the opening period when Arttu Hyry scored off feeds from Roope Hintz and Thomas Harley. Hintz then doubled the advantage at 18:32, sending Dallas to the first intermission up 2-0.
Winnipeg answered early in the second. Dylan Samberg cut the deficit to 2-1 at 1:11, then Scheifele tied it at 7:03.
Dallas briefly reclaimed control when David Perron scored at 11:14, but the Jets kept coming. Dawson Mercer knotted it again at 13:55, and Scheifele pushed Winnipeg ahead for good at 18:12 on the power play with assists from Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor.
Mercer added another at 19:51 to make it 5-3, and the Jets never let Dallas back into the game. Connor scored 1:00 into the third period, Vilardi added one at 15:12, and Cole Koepke capped the scoring 14 seconds later.
Vilardi finished with a goal and two assists, Connor had a goal and two assists, and Koepke also scored. Stuart Skinner made 30 saves on 33 shots for Winnipeg.
For Dallas, Hintz posted a goal and an assist, Harley had two assists, and Nils Lundkvist also collected two assists. Hyry and Perron scored, while Jake Oettinger stopped 21 of 27 shots.
Dallas outshot Winnipeg 33-30, but the Jets were sharper on special teams, going 1 for 3 on the power play while the Stars finished 0 for 2.
The win moved Winnipeg to 9-8-3 and extended its streak to five straight. The Jets sit seventh in the Western Conference. Dallas dropped to 10-6-2 and remains sixth in the Western Conference.
The season series is tied 1-1 after Dallas won the first meeting 3-2 on Oct. 22.
Winnipeg next visits the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Dallas returns home to face the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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