ANAHEIM Alex DeBrincat Jersey , Calif. (AP) —  NHL games this season without a shutout than Connor Hellebuyck, who was beginning to wonder why he couldn’t keep a clean sheet.The Winnipeg netminder finally got it in an important win for the Jets‘ playoff chase.Hellebuyck made 29 saves and Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist in the Jets’ fourth straight victory, 3-0 over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.Anaheim had won six of nine in a late-season surge before getting shut down by Hellebuyck in his 13th career shutout, but his first in 55 appearances this year. Laurent Brossoit was in net for the powerhouse Jets’ sole previous shutout victory of their 44-win season.“It’s awesome,” said Hellebuyck, who didn’t face a shot until midway through the first period. “It gets a monkey off my back, but it’s a tribute to the way all the guys played. … I feel like I answered the bell, and the guys in front of me made it easy for me.”Mark Scheifele scored a power-play goal in the first period and Nikolaj Ehlers added a goal for the Jets, who extended their lead atop the Central Division to three points over Nashville. Jacob Trouba had two assists as the Jets completed a Southern California sweep and moved into position to clinch a playoff berth as early as Thursday in Vegas.“It definitely wasn’t a pretty one,” Scheifele said. “It definitely wasn’t our best game. There’s a lot of things we should have cleaned up, and that won’t fly against a good team like Vegas.”John Gibson stopped 20 shots for the Ducks Minnesota Wild Hats Womens , who were shut out for the seventh time in 2019 despite another fairly solid performance on the tail end of a lost season.“We definitely had our chances,” forward Jakob Silfverberg said. “We should have scored at least one or two, and the game would have been different. We took too many penalties. It’s tough killing a lot of penalties. Tough to get a rhythm going with all four lines when you’re doing that.”Winnipeg (44-25-4) has 92 points and a game in hand on Nashville (42-27-5). The Predators have eight games left to make up the deficit, or the Jets will win their first division title since relocating from Atlanta.Winnipeg is headed to the playoffs for the second straight season after making it just once — and then getting swept by a powerhouse Ducks team — in the franchise’s first six seasons up north.The Ducks would need an extraordinary late surge to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time in seven years and just the third time since the 2004-05 lockout.The teams met for the first time since the Jets beat Anaheim 9-3 in Winnipeg on Feb. 2, matching the highest-scoring performance in Winnipeg history and the worst defensive performance in Anaheim history.The Jets scored a franchise-record six goals in the first period of that Ducks demolition in Winnipeg last month, but Scheifele got their only goal of the opening period in this rematch, converting a feed from Connor for his team-leading 35th goal of the season.After a scoreless second, Connor extended the Jets’ lead when he deflected Tyler Myers‘ shot for his 29th goal.“They got a couple of lucky bounces on their goals, and we couldn’t find the back of the net,” Ducks assistant coach Marty Wilford said.Ehlers added his 19th goal shortly afterward, when Gibson failed to cover the near post and allowed a stoppable shot to slip through.NOTES: Jets D Joe Morrow returned from a 14-game absence with a lower-body injury apparently incurred during a fight with Colorado’s Matt Calvert. Morrow dropped the gloves with Anaheim’s Corey Perry in the second period of his first game back. … Winnipeg D Nathan Beaulieu was scratched with an undisclosed injury http://www.blackhawksshoponline.com/aut … mov-jersey , while C Jack Roslovic, who had a hat trick against Anaheim last month, returned after being a healthy scratch in the Jets’ last game. … Ducks C Ryan Kesler missed his seventh straight game with a hip injury. Anaheim D Andy Welinski stepped in for Jacob Larsson, who was scratched.UP NEXTJets: At Vegas on Thursday night.Ducks: Host San Jose on Friday night. The Buffalo Sabres winning streak is reaching historic proportions.Sam Reinhart scored the clinching goal in a shootout against the Red Wings at Detroit on Saturday night to give the Sabres their ninth win in a row.The Sabres (16-6-2) return home for a game Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks (12-8-4). A win by the Sabres would give them 10 straight wins, which would match the club record set in 1983-84 and tied when Buffalo won its first 10 games of the 2006-07 season.Article continues below ...“I think during this streak you can look at it and see how many different heroes we’ve had,” Sabres captain Jack Eichel said. “There are guys stepping up in key situations.”Everything was not so good with the Sharks Saturday night when they lost an away game 6-0 to the Vegas Golden Knights.During the second period, San Jose’s Evander Kane received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, a 10-minute penalty for abuse of officials and a game misconduct after arguing a tripping call. Soon after, coach Pete DeBoer was ejected as well.“You’re going to kick a guy out for arguing a call because emotions are high?” DeBoer said. “Have a feel for the game. I didn’t even swear. I just asked them, did that feel good kicking Evander out under these circumstances? That was enough, I guess — I guess he wanted another victim.”After earning shutouts in two straight starts Brandon Saad Jersey , backup Aaron Dell was given the start against the Golden Knights after stopping 19 shots in a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. Dell allowed six goals in 36 shots Saturday. Martin Jones figures to get the start in Buffalo.“We weren’t good tonight,” DeBoer said. “Two of our last three games were shutouts. We were 4-1-1 on our last homestand. We had a bad night. It happens.”Dell had little protection against Vegas. “I don’t think he could have done much (Saturday),” Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson said. “I don’t think we helped him out a lot.”The game against Vegas started a segment of the schedule in which the Sharks will play 25 of 40 games on the road.The Sabres, meanwhile, had a strong effort from their backup goaltender Linus Ullmark, who made 33 saves in his first start since Nov. 17. He made breakaway saves on Detroit’s Anthony Mantha and Dylan Larkin.“You’ve got Linus stepping in and playing out of his mind, making some huge saves, bailing me out and bailing us out a few times,” said Eichel, who extended his points streak to six games with an assist Saturday. “You can’t say enough about him. We find a way to get two points again.”Ullmark feels that playing so many close games recently have helped the Sabres keep things in perspective.“For us it’s been a battle all the way to the end,” Ullmark said. “That’s what keeps us down to earth Brent Seabrook Jersey Kids , because we know it’s a very tight league and you can’t just go and glide on some pink clouds up there in the sky and think that you’re going to win every night just because you’ve done it before.”Carter Hutton likely will get the start in goal on Tuesday.Sabres coach Phil Housley praised his team for enduring a tough stretch in the schedule.“I have to give credit to our guys, that’s everybody who’s played in these six games in nine nights,” Housley said. “It has been a grind. The guys continue to find energy and ways to win hockey games.”It probably helps that the Sabres, who have struggled for several seasons, are enjoying their resurgence.“Obviously it’s early, right? We want to keep this thing going and we want to win as many games as we can,” Eichel said. “It’s only November. But just from where we’ve come from and the struggles the last few years and last year, I just think everyone’s really stepped up this year. We’ve committed to putting our best foot forward every day, trying to get better. It’s a great feeling. Obviously, we have a lot to accomplish still.”