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WINNIPEG Brandon Montour Jersey Kids , Manitoba (AP) was proud to know a list of NHL records will now include his name.Andrew Copp scored twice and Hellebuyck set an NHL record for most wins in a season by an American goaltender as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Saturday night.The 24-year-old Commerce, Michigan, goalie made 30 saves to pick up his 44th win (44-11-9), surpassing Tom Barrasso’s 1992-93 run with the Pittsburgh Penguins.”To be in the history books is something that I’m always going to look back and be proud of,” Hellebuyck said. ”The fact that this locker room has come together, playing the way we’re playing, now the city is behind us the way they are, it’s a fun time being in Winnipeg.”Hellebuyck also tied the NHL record for most wins at home by a goaltender in a single season with 30. Wayne Stephenson of the 1975-76 Philadelphia Flyers had the same mark.The victims and survivors of the fatal bus accident Friday involving Saskatchewan’s Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team were honored before the game.Standing together in a circle at center ice, Jets and Blackhawks players wore jerseys with the word ”BRONCOS” on the back of them in place of their own names as there was a moment of silence and then the anthems.”It was a very somber mood on the ice, kind of one of those things where it could have been any one of us,” Copp said.”You kind of count your blessings. You kind of look to the guy to your left and right Womens Cam Fowler Jersey , they’re not usual teammates or brothers, but you feel that sense of camaraderie and community with them.”Dustin Byfuglien and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets (52-20-10), who have won five straight and a franchise-record nine in a row at Bell MTS Place.Winnipeg opens the NHL playoffs next week at home against the Minnesota Wild.Jeff Glass stopped 35 shots for the Blackhawks (33-39-10), who didn’t make the playoffs for the first time since 2007-08.Brent Seabrook scored Chicago’s goal.”I’ve said (to the media) a million times, I think it’s the best part of the season coming up here.” Seabrook said. ”To not be a part of it, not playing any meaningful games for us down the stretch, it’s been tough.”Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp got a standing ovation in the third period after the announcer told the crowd the 36-year-old is retiring after 14 NHL seasons, 11 with Chicago.”Being born in Winnipeg and then hearing the ovation from the crowd, seeing the other team tap their sticks and clap their hands, that hit hard and I’m just thankful for it, grateful for it Corey Perry Jersey ,” Sharp said.Winnipeg had mounted a 4-0 lead by early in the second period.Byfuglien began the run when he scored 13 seconds into a two-man advantage with a high blast from the point at 15:12 of the first period.Connor beat Glass on a breakaway 34 seconds into the second. It was his 31st goal of the season, which leads all NHL rookies.Copp put in his eighth and ninth of the season, the second a short-handed goal, to make it 4-0 at 6:35.Seabrook stopped the shutout with a screened shot at 9:08 of the second.The Jets, who relocated from Atlanta in 2011, also set franchise records for wins (52), points (114) and home wins (21).UP NEXTBlackhawks: season over.Jets: face Minnesota in the first round of playoffs.— Now that the Edmonton Oilers are back home, their immediate focus is on ending a three-game losing streak in which they gave up an average of more than four goals per game.Continuing to slow down their next opponent’s top line can go a long way toward getting back in the win column.Edmonton looks to extend the Colorado Avalanche’s skid Sunday night when the teams hit the ice at Rogers Place in the first of three meetings this season.Article continues below ...The Oilers opened a four-game road trip with a narrow victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Nov. 3 before losing to the Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers by a combined 13-5.“You never want to lose, but you never want to lose three in a row,” winger Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said Saturday. “We can’t let it be four in a row. Good teams don’t let that happen Conor Timmins Jersey Womens , so we’ve got to respond well tomorrow.”Coach Todd McLellan said he believes that scoring chances were there but that the club just could not capitalize.“When you look at just the goal total itself, you’re going ‘Jeez, they’re not creating anything’,” McLellan said Saturday. “In each of the games that we lost on the road trip, I thought we created numerous opportunities.”Edmonton (8-7-1) took five of a possible six points from Colorado last season, and is looking for two wins in a row at home over the Avalanche for the first time since 2013.Colorado (7-6-3) is trying to avoid its sixth straight loss after falling 5-2 to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. After a 6-1-2 start, the Avalanche are 1-5-1, allowing 29 goals in that span.“I think leaders on this team got to get on this now,” Colorado defenseman Erik Johnson said. “We’ve got to stop the bleeding and string some wins together here.”A reason for the Avalanche’s struggles is decreased production from the top line of Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon.The trio caught the attention of fans when they combined for 20 goals and 23 assists over the first nine games of the season. They’ve totaled seven goals and 14 assists in seven games since.“The best thing to do is just play in the offensive zone. Don’t give them a chance to start creating and feeling good about their games,” Nugent-Hopkins said.The player among the three to have the biggest downturn is MacKinnon. The top overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft tallied 15 points (eight goals http://www.ducksshoponline.com/authentic-jakob-silfverberg-jersey , seven assists) during Colorado’s hot start, but has seven points (three goals, four assists) in the club’s slump.“It’s no fun right now, but we have to get right back on it, play on Sunday and try to dig ourselves out,” Johnson said.Another key for the Avalanche is to get off to a quick start on the scoreboard. The club has trailed after one period in four of the last seven games.Then there’s trying to slow down Connor McDavid. The two-time scoring champion has scored six of his seven goals versus Colorado in the last three meetings and also has eight assists in eight games against the Avalanche.McDavid, who has points in 14 of 16 games this season, notched his fourth career hat trick in Edmonton’s 4-2 win over Colorado on Feb. 18 in Denver.Colorado’s Tyson Barrie needs one assist to reach 200 for his career. He will try to join Adam Foote (203) and John-Michael Liles (207) as the only defensemen in club history with 200 helpers.