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WINNIPEG Custom Winnipeg Jets Jerseys , Manitoba (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau supplied the offense and heaped praise on netminder David Rittich.Gaudreau had a hat trick as the Calgary Flames ended a three-game winless streak with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.Mark Jankowski had a short-handed, third-period goal for Calgary. Sean Monahan contributed three assists and Elias Lindholm added a pair.Rittich made 35 saves.“I think Ritter, Dave Rittich, played out of his mind tonight,” Gaudreau said.“He made some big saves and kept us in that game. It could have easily been 2-2, 3-3 there, going late into the third. He played unbelievable tonight and got us that win.”Adam Lowry scored for the Jets, who had won their previous two games and had a four-game win streak at home halted.Gaudreau’s first goal was a redirection by Jets forward Patrik Laine, who stuck out his stick to block Gaudreau’s pass attempt to Lindholm, but the puck went by goalie Connor Hellebuyck. His third goal was into an empty net.Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots for Winnipeg.The Jets remained first the Western Conference www.officialknightsproshop.com , one point ahead of Calgary.Jets forward Bryan Little was the victim of a couple of Rittich’s solid saves.“We had some really good chances and (Rittich) was standing on his head in there,” Little said. “He was making some big saves at important times of the game, too. You’re going to have those nights.”Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler said the Jets weren’t sharp.“We’re not going to fool ourselves and pretend we played a great game and their goalie stole it,” Wheeler said. “But he played well. They capitalized on their looks and we didn’t. But we’ve got another level.”Winnipeg outshot Calgary 14-7 in the scoreless opening period, with both teams a bit sloppy after their holiday breaks. Rittich made a couple of key saves as the Flames went 0 for 2 on the power play and the Jets 0 for 1 in the first 20 minutes.Gaudreau scored his 17th goal of the season at 1:04 of the second with Laine’s accidental redirection.A few minutes later, Jets fans had a bit of a scare when Hellebuyck bent over to smother a puck with his glove at the side of the crease. Noah Hanifin caught the goalie in the head with a knee, knocking off his mask. Hellebuyck appeared shaken, but after a trainer came out to look at him, he remained in the game.Lowry tied it with 2:07 left in the period after he intercepted a pass by Alan Quine. But 54 seconds later, Gaudreau took a pass from Lindholm and put a backhand shot past a sprawled Hellebuyck.Winnipeg’s shots on goal were 25-20 after the second period.The third period included a 2-on-1 with Little and defenseman Dustin Byfuglien Vegas Golden Knights T-Shirts Authentic , but Little’s shot hit Rittich’s body as he slid over to make the save. Laine then rang a high shot off the iron and Little fired the puck, and Rittich made another save.Jankowski’s fifth of the season made it 3-1 at 15:39, and Gaudreau notched an empty-netter with 2:06 remaining. He left the ice right after that following a slash by Byfuglien earlier in the play.NOTES: Calgary captain Mark Giordano, who had assist on the last goal, was playing in his 791st NHL game, tying him with Theo Fleury for fourth-most games with the Flames.UP NEXT:Calgary hosts Vancouver on Saturday night.Winnipeg hosts Minnesota on Saturday afternoon. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver fans got a glimpse of the future Thursday when defenseman Quinn Hughes made his NHL debut and the Canucks kept their faint playoff hopes alive.Tanner Pearson scored in the fourth round of the shootout and the Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2.Brock Boeser and Alex Edler scored in regulation for the Canucks, who are seven points behind Colorado for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference with four games to play. The win snapped a three-game losing skid for the Canucks.Hughes, selected seventh overall by Vancouver in 2018, earned an assist in his NHL debut.“I’m just trying to take it one step at a time and learn every day Vegas Golden Knights Hoodies Authentic ,” he said. “From game one to game two I’ll be better and from game two to game three I’ll be better. I’ll just try to keep building.”Watching the talented young player in action was fun, said Vancouver coach Travis Green.“He’s got special talent, that’s for sure,” he said. “It doesn’t look like he lacks confidence which you want in your guys that are skilled. You want them to make plays and he made a few tonight that obviously are very exciting.”Austin Wagner and Adrian Kempe scored for the Kings.Vancouver goalie Thatcher Demko made 37 saves in regulation. Jonathan Quick stopped 36 of 38 shots for the Kings.Kings coach Willie Desjardins said both teams played hard.“I liked the fact we came back in the third, found a way to tie it up, but then you certainly wish you could have gotten a little bit more at the end,” he said.Los Angeles opened the scoring 12:56 into the first period when Wagner poked the puck at Demko from the side of the net. The goalie flattened out in his crease but couldn’t contain the rebound. Instead, it popped out to a waiting Wagner who chipped the puck off the crossbar and into the net.Vancouver responded on the power play midway through the second, after Kings right-winger Carl Grundstrom was called for interference.Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson got the puck to Edler at the point and he scored on a hard shot between Quick and the post.The goal was the 94th of Edler’s career, making him the Canucks’ franchise leader in goals by a defenseman.“It is special Vegas Golden Knights Hats Authentic ,” Edler said of the feat. “There are some pretty big names up there … It’s a special milestone.”It was the Canucks’ newest defenseman who set up the second goal of the night less than a minute later.Hughes made a move pas Kings center Tyler Lewis below the Kings’ goal line, escaping his check and gaining time and space to get back out front and put a shot on net. His shot ricocheted off the post to Boeser, who fired a wrist shot past Quick.Kempe tied the score again 11:47 into the third period after Canucks left-winger Loui Eriksson turned the puck over in the defensive zone.Lewis picked it up and sent a cross-ice pass to Kempe at the hash marks and the Kings center sent a wrist shot past Demko.The Vancouver trio of Hughes, Boeser and Pettersson put on a show in overtime, but couldn’t score.NOTES: Dustin Brown played his 1,112th game for the Kings on Thursday, setting a franchise record. The 34-year-old right-winger passed Dave Taylor. After spending his entire playing career with the Kings, Taylor became the team’s general manager and drafted Brown 13th overall in 2003. … Vancouver defenseman Ben Hutton returned to the lineup after missing 11 games with a fractured foot.UP NEXTKings: Host Chicago on Saturday.Canucks: Host Dallas on Saturday.