Winnipeg Jets at Utah Hockey Club

Utah beats Jets 5-2 for 2nd straight home victory

Logan Cooley, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli and Clayton Keller also scored to help Utah win its second consecutive home game. Hayton, Josh Doan and Nick Schmaltz each had two assists.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 shots for Winnipeg. Nino Niederreiter and Dylan DeMelo scored in the third period as the Jets avoided their second shutout loss of the season.

Keller headed to the dressing room a minute into the second after a shot from teammate Michael Kesselring deflected high and struck him in the face. Keller returned, with swelling and a cut above his eye, with 4:40 left in the period.

He helped set up Maatta’s drive 40 seconds later that put Utah on the board. Cooley extended the lead on a breakaway with 17.9 seconds remaining in the second.

Hayton and Maccelli each scored early in the third to make it 4-0 before Niederreiter and DeMelo scored 3:16 apart to cut the deficit in half with 8:12 left.

Keller capped the scoring with an empty-netter with 2:05 remaining.

Takeaways Jets: Played their first road game in January after opening 2025 with eight straight at home.

Utah: Tough defense carried Utah, which allowed one shot on goal over the first 10 minutes and kept Winnipeg off the scoreboard until almost midway through the third period.

Key moment Maatta and Cooley scored 3:42 apart late in the second to spark an offensive surge for Utah.

Key stat Utah is averaging 3.8 goals over its last four games.

Up next Winnipeg visits Colorado on Wednesday, while Utah plays at Minnesota on Thursday.

Series tied 1-1