Stylistically, the Jets expect a bit of a shift from their two opponents from the home stand in Utah and Calgary. Utah is a team among the National Hockey League’s best in terms of minimizing high-danger chances against (according to Natural Stat Trick), and the game against Calgary was tight right until the Jets broke it open in the third.

This evening, the Canadiens will try to secure a big victory. The task does not seem easy since the Winnipeg Jets are in town. We’re talking about the second-ranked team in the NHL standings! Patrik Laine will have the chance to reconnect with his former team and former teammates.

Turning to the final leg of this same-game parlay, Winnipeg winger Nikolaj Ehlers paces the Jets with 9.7 shots and 18.94 attempts per 60 minutes, and he has a splash of statistical correction ahead in the shots column.

Ehlers recorded a power-play assist in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Flames. Ehlers has three goals and seven assists over his last eight contests, including a trio of power-play helpers. The 28-year-old helped out on the second of Gabriel Vilardi's goals in this game.

Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists to reach 500 points for his career, and David Gustafsson also scored for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck had 17 saves.

Will they trade him now, will he walk or could the Jets still re-sign him? You wonder if Cole Perfetti is big or strong enough for his first full playoffs. Some of you just want to get Eric Comrie some run support — and one of you asked a fun statistical question about the Jets’ performance in Comrie’s starts.

Winnipeg Jets’ forward Nikolaj Ehlers has reached the 500-point plateau on his career. He became the first Danish-born player to accomplish the feat when he assisted Cole Perfetti’s empty-net goal in the Jets’ 5-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club Friday night at Canada Life Centre.

With a goal and two assists in the Winnipeg Jets’ 5-2 win over Utah Hockey Club on Friday night, forward Nikolaj Ehlers became the first Danish player in NHL history to record 500 career points.

WINNIPEG -- Cole Perfetti scored his first NHL hat trick, including the go-ahead goal, for the Winnipeg Jets in a 5-2 win against the Utah Hockey Club at Canada Life Centre on Friday.

Ehlers (illness) is expected to be in the lineup versus Utah on Friday, Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Free Press reports.

BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames visit the Winnipeg Jets seeking to build upon a three-game win streak. Winnipeg has a 19-5-3 record in home games and a 33-14-3 record overall. The Jets have scored 175 total goals (3.5 per game) to lead the league.

The Jets have one of the most prolific top lines in the NHL — with only Leon Draisaitl having more goals this season than Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele (29) — and Gabe Vilardi on pace to shatter his career-best (23) with 22 already notched.