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Recap - Jets Defeat Philadelphia 5-2

Mark Scheifele scored twice to lead the Jets over Philadelphia 5-2 on Thursday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Winnipeg was favored by -130 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Winnipeg got goals from Mark Scheifele(2), Tanner Pearson, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Morgan Barron in the victory. Namestnikov opened the scoring at 5:45 of the first period.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 15 of 17 Philadelphia shots in the victory.

Owen Tippett, and Matvei Michkov scored for the Flyers, finding the net behind Connor Hellebuyck.

Samuel Ersson stopped 10 of 14 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Winnipeg scored 1 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Philadelphia went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Philadelphia outshot Winnipeg 17-15 in the game.

Winnipeg heads into a battle against the Predators. Philadelphia, meanwhile, will have their next action against Minnesota.