National Hockey League
Winnipeg 6, Boston 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 30, 2025
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Wes McCauley, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 17850

Mark Scheifele capped a two-goal effort with the eventual game-winner and Wakefield, R.I., native Parker Ford scored in his NHL debut as the visiting Winnipeg Jets beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Thursday night.

Scheifele's second goal, 35 seconds into the third period, marked the 328th of his Winnipeg career, tying him with Ilya Kovalchuk for the most in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise history.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Vladislav Namestnikov added a goal and an assist, Kyle Connor scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for Winnipeg, which is on a five-game winning streak.

The Jets scored four third-period goals and found the back of the net on two of four power plays in the game (50 percent).

Elias Lindholm led the Bruins with a goal and an assist, while Brad Marchand also scored and added 14 penalty minutes.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 21 shots in Boston's second consecutive loss and third in a five-game span (2-3-0).

The Bruins climbed out of a 2-0 hole to tie the game when Lindholm buried a short-handed goal off Pavel Zacha's faceoff win 11 seconds into the third. Winnipeg never trailed after Scheifele took Ehlers' feed down the middle to provide an answer just 24 ticks later.

Ehlers was credited with the Jets' insurance goal less than a minute later, poking the puck off Boston defenseman Mason Lohrei's stick and into an open left side of Korpisalo's net at 1:17.

Ford extended Winnipeg's lead to 5-2 at 5:57. After Alex Iafallo settled down Logan Stanley's centering feed in the slot, the former Providence College captain cashed in with a wrister.

Connor scored an empty-net goal with 36.6 seconds remaining.

Namestnikov lifted the visitors to a 1-0 lead just 2:55 into the first, putting home a power-play goal from low on the left side. Cole Perfetti's shot from the wing created a rebound that Nino Niederreiter sent to Namestnikov across the crease to bang into an open side of the net.

Minutes after a Josh Morrissey snipe past Korpisalo was called back due to offside, Scheifele doubled Winnipeg's lead with a goal that counted, tipping in Neal Pionk's point shot at the 11:31 mark.

Marchand scored his second goal on the man advantage in as many games to bring Boston within one at 15:34. The Bruins captain slid down from the top of the left circle and snapped a shot past Hellebuyck.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Winnipeg   Boston
Mark Scheifele 2 Points Elias Lindholm 2
Mark Scheifele 2 Goals Elias Lindholm 1
Nikolaj Ehlers 1 Assists Elias Lindholm 1
Mark Scheifele 1 Power Play Goals Brad Marchand 1
Kyle Connor 1 Short Handed Goals Elias Lindholm 1
Connor Hellebuyck .929 Save Percentage Joonas Korpisalo .815
Connor Hellebuyck 26 Saves Joonas Korpisalo 22
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Winnipeg 28 6 2-4 2-3 6 24
Boston 28 2 1-3 2-4 18 41
Upcoming Games
  • Boston will play their next game at home against NY Rangers. The Bruins have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .536 after a loss.
  • Winnipeg will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Jets have a W/L % of .722 after a win and .588 after a loss.