Jets down playoff-bound Flames in penultimate game

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets continued putting up a positive ending to their season with a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames that halted the playoff-bound club's point streak at seven games.

Blake Wheeler, Mason Appleton and Brenden Dillon scored for Winnipeg (38-32-11), which concludes its season Sunday afternoon against the Seattle Kraken.

Matthew Tkachuk recorded his 42nd goal of the season for the Flames (50-22-11), who were 5-0-2 heading into their last game of the regular season.

Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for the Jets, who are wrapping up their campaign with a four-game homestand (3-0-0) that also includes victories over Colorado and Philadelphia.

Dan Vladar stopped 40 shots for the Pacific Division's top club.

The game was tied 1-1 after the first period and Winnipeg led 2-1 after the second.

Tkachuk extended his point streak to eight games (five goals, seven assists) with an unassisted goal at 3:19 of the opening period.

After he blocked a shot by defenceman Dillon, he collected the puck for a breakaway. Hellebuyck got a piece of Tkachuk's shot, but the puck still went over the line.

Calgary took a pair of penalties midway through the first period, giving the Jets a five-on-three for 1:18 they couldn't capitalize on. Vladar stopped Wheeler close in, then leading-scorer Kyle Connor shot wide of the net.

Wheeler made good on his opportunity with 13 seconds left in the period, using a backhand cross-ice pass from Nikolaj Ehlers to fire a one-timer past Vladar his 16th of the season.

Calgary outshot Winnipeg 18-12 in the first period, but the Jets flipped it to 19-8 in their favour during the second.

Appleton gave Winnipeg the 2-1 lead at 6:06 of the middle frame off a rebound from defenceman Josh Morrissey's