Jets eliminated from playoffs with Game 5 loss to Golden Knights

The Winnipeg Jets were eliminated from the NHL post-season on Thursday night after dropping a 4-1 decision to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Chandler Stephenson scored twice while Mark Stone and William Karlsson added singles as the top-seeded Golden Knights won the best-of-seven series in five games.

Kyle Connor scored the lone goal for Winnipeg.

Nikolaj Ehlers made his series debut for the Jets after missing over two weeks with an upper-body injury. Mark Scheifele (upper body) and Josh Morrissey (lower body) sat out.

Vegas controlled play for most of the first period as Winnipeg was held without a shot for the first eight minutes.

Stone, Karlsson and Stephenson all scored in an eight-minute span in the second period and the Golden Knights were on their way.

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The Jets looked like a different team in a 5-1 victory in Game 1 but they couldn't duplicate the effort later in the first-round series.

For Game 5, showgirls in full feather headdresses danced near the boards during the warm-up. Vegas-style theatrics were on display in a medieval pre-game ceremony.

When the puck dropped, the Golden Knights picked up where they left off.

They outchanced, outhit and outplayed the visiting Jets, who displayed little spark and looked overmatched. A raucous sellout crowd at T-Mobile Arena ate it up.

Vegas clogged the middle of the ice and prevented Winnipeg from finding its rhythm. The Jets looked scattered as zone breakout attempts were frequently stifled by passes that were off the mark.

Winnipeg finally managed a half-decent scoring chance in the 15th minute of play. The Golden Knights outshot the Jets 8-5 in the opening period.

Stone scored 42 seconds into the second