with it.“I liked (the game) through two (periods). I don’t think we were real sharp in the third, but I had half a group drinking hot chocolate on the bench just trying to stay warm.”The Jets have a reputation for breaking the rules a little too much for the officials’ liking for the past few seasons.

RALEIGH Nikita Kucherov Jersey , N.C. (AP) — With first place in their sights, the Winnipeg Jets delivered their most dominant performance of the season.Andrew Copp scored twice, Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists, and the Jets rode a four-goal first period to an 8-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.Kevin Hayes, Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor and Ben Chiarot each had a goal and an assist. Adam Lowry also scored as Winnipeg posted its largest victory of the season and moved ahead of idle Nashville atop the Central Division.“We forced them to make some plays at our line,” Wheeler said. “Fortunately for us Ondrej Palat Jersey , we got a couple sticks and got some odd-man rushes the other way and were able to convert.”The Jets scored three times in the first 10 minutes to jump ahead early and then three times in the final 10 minutes to turn it into a rout. Laurent Brossoit made 28 saves.Curtis McElhinney stopped only 21 of 29 shots for the Hurricanes. Greg McKegg scored their lone goal midway through the third period.“We have had a couple bad games, but nothing like that,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “It was shocking. I didn’t expect that at all.”Hayes, Wheeler and Chiarot all scored in the first 10 minutes to set the tone immediately. Ehlers scored at the end of the first period and Copp’s first goal came in the final minute of the second to make it 5-0.All of the Jets’ first five goals were scored from the slot as their forwards maneuvered largely uncovered through the Hurricanes zone.“We were driving well,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “We were on the puck pretty good. We knocked a bunch of things down that went our way. We were good, they had a tough night.”In all, 13 players had a point for the Jets. Each of their four lines scored at least once.“When we’re able to play four lines Ryan Callahan Jersey , we can play a really fast, heavy game,” Wheeler said. “That’s what we want to get to every night.”The game got loose at the end.Connor, Copp and Lowry all found the net with less than seven minutes to go, making it Carolina’s most lopsided loss of the season. That included Copp and Lowry scoring in the final minute.“What happened in the first 10 minutes of the game and what happened in the last minute of that game was totally, totally inexcusable and something that quite frankly we’re all ashamed of,” Hurricanes forward Justin Williams said. “Giving them chance after chance after chance http://www.officiallightningprostore.com/authentic-adidas-ryan-mcdonagh-jersey , we all owe (McElhinney) an apology after that.”NOTES: Winnipeg is 7-2 in its last nine games at Carolina. The Jets have won five of their last six against the Hurricanes overall. … Jets D Dustin Byfuglien (ankle) returned to Winnipeg for treatment and missed his ninth straight game. D Josh Morrissey (arm) missed his fifth consecutive game. … Hurricanes D Trevor van Riemsdyk played his 300th career game. … Hurricanes forward Nino Neiderreiter finished minus-6, a franchise record. Sebastian Aho was minus-5.UP NEXTJets: At the Washington Capitals on Sunday.Hurricanes: At the Nashville Predators on Saturday. WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Jets channeled their inner Johnstown Jets in losing to the Nashville Predators on Thursday, but bet on the locals being on their best behavior when the Carolina Hurricanes come to town Sunday night.The Jets took 60 of 76 penalty minutes handed out during a meltdown in Music City — including a string of eight straight minors — in a 3-0 loss to the team they eliminated in the second round of the playoffs last spring.Add in a couple of fights, including one featuring 172-pound Danish forward Nikolaj Ehlers, and the performance was reminiscent of something from their Johnstown brethren, the inspiration for the cult hockey classic starring the Hanson Brothers Womens Steven Stamkos Jersey , “Slap Shot.”Article continues below ...Coach Paul Maurice took a thinly veiled shot at defenseman Tyler Myers, who was assessed a 10-minute misconduct for sarcastically clapping at one of the referees after the Jets were about to go on a lengthy two-man disadvantage with defenseman Dustin Byfuglien and Jacob Trouba in the penalty box.“It does us absolutely no good to critique other people’s jobs,” he told The Winnipeg Sun. “We took two penalties we earned. We felt the line was moving quite a bit on the other ones. You know what, you’re going to have games and nights where you don’t agree with it.“I liked (the game) through two (periods). I don’t think we were real sharp in the third, but I had half a group drinking hot chocolate on the bench just trying to stay warm.”The Jets have a reputation for breaking the rules a little too much for the officials’ liking for the past few seasons. (Their penalty killers were a perfect 9 of 9 on this night.)The Hurricanes flew into Winnipeg on Saturday night after a 5-4 overtime victory over the Minnesota Wild. Finnish winger Sebastian Aho scored his second goal of the game and fourth of the season at 2:57 of overtime. He also had two assists.The Hurricanes were just 68 seconds from losing when right winger Justin Williams scored his first goal of the season to force overtime. It was the Hurricanes’ 57th shot on goal. They outshot also the Wild 20-5 in the first period.“It’s just an attitude, an attitude that we’re never out of it and we can get it done,” Williams said in a postgame interview. “It’s very early Tyler Johnson Jersey , but we’re trending in the right direction and doing a lot of good things. Because of it, we’re racking up some wins.”The Hurricanes’ 4-0-1 record is the franchise’s best start since it relocated from Hartford to North Carolina in 1997. The last time they opened a season with points in five straight games was in 1994 — when they started 4-0-1 and were still known as the Whalers. They have outscored their opponents 21-13 in the last five games.