Alex Iafallo scored two goals as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Nino Niederreiter and Adam Lowry also scored for Winnipeg, which kept the best record in the NHL with their 18th win in 22 games this season. Neal Pionk added two assists.
Jake Middleton scored the only goal for Minnesota.
Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 43 saves to improve his record to 15-2-0 this season.
Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 shots but dropped to 9-4-3.
Minnesota took the lead with 11:23 left in the first period. Marcus Johansson took a shot that Hellebuyck stopped, but the rebound went to Middleton, who scored to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.
Iafallo tied the game at 1-1 with 9:57 remaining in the first period, scoring on a backhand shot with an assist from Rasmus Kupari.
Winnipeg took a 2-1 lead with 7:55 left in the second period when Niederreiter scored against his former team. He made a move in front of the net and scored his ninth goal of the season.
Iafallo added his second goal of the game and fourth of the season, giving the Jets a 3-1 lead with 6:40 left in the third period. He redirected a shot from Pionk on the power play for his 100th career goal, achieved in the same state where he played college hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Lowry sealed the win for Winnipeg with an empty-net goal with 1:03 left, his fifth goal of the season.
The Jets were 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Wild went 0-for-2.
