Cooley made it 2-0 Utah at 19:42, picking the puck up in the neutral zone and beating Hellebuyck on the glove side.
Hayton scored at 4:53 of the third period to give Utah a 3-0 lead. The forward took a pass from Josh Doan on a 2-on-1 and beat Hellebuyck on the glove side for the goal.
Mattias Maccelli gave Utah a 4-0 lead at 8:04. The forward took a pass from Doan on the rush and scored into an open net.
Nino Niederreiter made it 4-1 at 8:32 when he beat Ingram between the legs off a pass from Ehlers on the rush.
“That is not Winnipeg Jets hockey,” said Ehlers. “It’s not the first time this year we’ve played this way and when you don’t play the right way in this league, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing against, you’re not winning that game.”
Dylan DeMelo scored at 11:48 on a shot from the point to cut the lead to 4-2.
“We’ve got to look in the mirror,” said DeMelo. “We know deep down in that room that we’ve got a lot more to give … and we’ve shown it for most of the year.”
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