Jets cruise past Canucks for second straight win

Dawson Mercer scored his first goal in a Jets uniform and added an assist to lead Winnipeg to a 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. It was Winnipeg’s second straight victory and the first game of a three-game homestand.

Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist. Mario Ferraro, Neal Pionk, Alex Iafallo and Cole Koepke also scored for the Jets, while Brock Boeser and Liam Ohgren replied for Vancouver. Stuart Skinner made 24 saves for Winnipeg, which improved to 6-8-3, before 13,312 fans at Canada Life Centre. Leevi Merilainen stopped 23 of 29 shots for the Canucks, who fell to 3-14-1.

Iafallo and Koepke scored 14 seconds apart, giving the Jets a 2-0 lead by the 4:03 mark of the first period. Ohgren put Vancouver on the board at 6:51. Mercer converted a pass from Cole Perfetti from behind the net at 14:04 to make it 3-1. It was Mercer’s first goal of the season and began a run of four unanswered Winnipeg goals.

At 6:52 of the second, Pionk pounced on the puck after some slick stickhandling by Kyle Connor and fired it past Merilainen. Almost five minutes later, Scheifele deflected Connor’s pass into the net from beside the goal. Rookie Viggio Bjorck also assisted, earning his first NHL point. Ferraro made it a five-goal game 11:36 into the third, before Boeser scored on a backhand with 4:51 remaining.

Takeaways: The Jets came out firing, scoring twice 14 seconds apart in the opening minutes. They slowed down in the second period, then found their scoring touch again. The Canucks were on their heels early and picked it up in the second, but still gave up two goals. The key moment came midway through the second, when Scheifele scored with a one-handed deflection to give Winnipeg an insurmountable 5-1 lead heading into the final frame. Vancouver had 22 giveaways and three takeaways; Winnipeg had 14 giveaways and eight takeaways.

Up next, the Jets host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. The Canucks visit the Oilers in Edmonton on Saturday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026.