WINNIPEG - Vezina Trophy finalist Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves and the Winnipeg Jets scored four goals in the first period to eliminate the Minnesota Wild with a 5-0 victory in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series Friday.
It was Hellebuyck's second shutout of the matchup and marked the first playoff-series victory in franchise history.
The white-clad crowd of 15,321 at Bell MTS Place stood and began cheering and waving white towels with just over two minutes remaining, chanting "Go Jets go." A similar-size crowd was outside the arena watching the game on giant screens at a "whiteout" street party.