New York Islanders @ Winnipeg Jets

25-22-7, 12-11-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Islanders NYI	2	0	1	3
Jets WPG	1	3	0	4

Winnipeg JetsJetsWPG

39-14-3, 22-5-3 Home

Gabriel Vilardi scores a pair of goals and Jets win their 8th straight, 4-3 over Islanders

— Gabriel Vilardi scored two second-period goals and the Winnipeg Jets won their eighth consecutive game, 4-3 over the New York Islanders on Friday night.

Feb 8, 2026, 04:04 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Islanders	2	0	1	3
	Jets	1	3	0	4

1st Period		NYI	WPG
1:05	Simon Holmstrom (14) Assists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17)	1	0
4:27	Alex Iafallo (8) Assists: Dylan Samberg (9), Brad Lambert (1)	1	1
12:07	Marc Gatcomb (3) Unassisted	2	1

2nd Period		NYI	WPG
4:23	Gabriel Vilardi (23) Assists: Kyle Connor (38), Mark Scheifele (31)	2	2
14:50	Nikolaj Ehlers (17) Assists: Cole Perfetti (23), Vladislav Namestnikov (19)	2	3
18:18	Gabriel Vilardi (24) Assists: Mark Scheifele (32), Kyle Connor (39)	2	4

3rd Period			NYI	WPG
11:07		Kyle Palmieri (15) Assists: Anders Lee (18), Alexander Romanov (13)	3	4

Gabriel Vilardi Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Colin Miller hit Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Vladislav Namestnikov Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Neal Pionk hit Marc Gatcomb
David Gustafsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Dylan DeMelo hit Brock Nelson
Neal Pionk hit Anders Lee
Alex Iafallo Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Samberg (9), Brad Lambert (1)
Dylan DeMelo hit Marc Gatcomb
Nikolaj Ehlers Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Gabriel Vilardi
Josh Morrissey Slap Shot Wide Left
Rasmus Kupari hit Adam Pelech
Nino Niederreiter hit Adam Pelech
Colin Miller Slap Shot Wide Left
Logan Stanley Wrist Shot Wide Left
Vladislav Namestnikov faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Cole Perfetti hit Scott Perunovich
Maxim Tsyplakov shot blocked by Neal Pionk
Giveaway by Dylan Samberg
Gabriel Vilardi Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Alex Iafallo Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nikolaj Ehlers Wrist Shot Wide Left
Josh Morrissey Wrist Shot Wide Right
Vladislav Namestnikov hit Casey Cizikas
Mason Appleton Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Mark Scheifele hit Adam Pelech
Dylan Samberg Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Dylan Samberg
Takeaway by Neal Pionk
Neal Pionk hit Kyle Palmieri
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Mark Scheifele faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Gabriel Vilardi
Maxim Tsyplakov shot blocked by Neal Pionk
Kyle Connor hit Alexander Romanov
Josh Morrissey Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Anthony DeAngelo shot blocked by Dylan DeMelo
Mark Scheifele hit Kyle Palmieri
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Nikolaj Ehlers
Nikolaj Ehlers Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Giveaway by Logan Stanley
Cole Perfetti hit Scott Perunovich
Giveaway by Colin Miller
Takeaway by Kyle Connor
Kyle Connor Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Gabriel Vilardi Deflected saved by Ilya Sorokin
Gabriel Vilardi Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Vladislav Namestnikov faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Neal Pionk Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Gabriel Vilardi Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Kyle Connor (38), Mark Scheifele (31)
Nikolaj Ehlers Wrist Shot Wide Right
Neal Pionk Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Dylan Samberg Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Anthony DeAngelo shot blocked by Nikolaj Ehlers
Dylan DeMelo hit Simon Holmstrom
Alex Iafallo Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Neal Pionk
David Gustafsson faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Takeaway by David Gustafsson
Bo Horvat shot blocked by David Gustafsson
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Alex Iafallo
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Mark Scheifele faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Giveaway by Mark Scheifele
Giveaway by Neal Pionk
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shot blocked by Cole Perfetti
Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Cole Perfetti (23), Vladislav Namestnikov (19)
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Giveaway by Josh Morrissey
Vladislav Namestnikov faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Vladislav Namestnikov Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Vladislav Namestnikov faceoff won against Kyle Palmieri
Gabriel Vilardi Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Scheifele (32), Kyle Connor (39)
Cole Perfetti hit Adam Pelech
Neal Pionk hit Anders Lee
Cole Perfetti Hooking against Scott Perunovich
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Kyle Connor Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Logan Stanley Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Mark Scheifele faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Dylan Samberg Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brock Nelson shot blocked by Nikolaj Ehlers
Alexander Romanov shot blocked by Logan Stanley
Colin Miller Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Giveaway by Vladislav Namestnikov
Cole Perfetti Wrist Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by David Gustafsson
Colin Miller Cross-checking against Casey Cizikas
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Anthony DeAngelo shot blocked by Kyle Connor
Nikolaj Ehlers hit Scott Perunovich
Alex Iafallo Tip-In Wide Right
Giveaway by Dylan DeMelo
Giveaway by Cole Perfetti
Kyle Connor Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Kyle Connor Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Gabriel Vilardi Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Kyle Connor hit Adam Boqvist
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Dylan DeMelo Tripping against Kyle MacLean
Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Alex Iafallo
Scott Perunovich shot blocked by Dylan DeMelo
Giveaway by Vladislav Namestnikov
Colin Miller Wrist Shot Short
Rasmus Kupari faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Dylan Samberg
Takeaway by Neal Pionk
Brock Nelson shot blocked by Dylan DeMelo
Anthony DeAngelo shot blocked by Rasmus Kupari
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Josh Morrissey
Goalie Stopped
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Gabriel Vilardi
Scott Perunovich Wrist Shot Wide Right
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Anders Lee
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Simon Holmstrom Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17)
Casey Cizikas Tip-In saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Icing
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Rasmus Kupari
Tony DeAngelo Wrist Shot Wide Right
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Anders Lee Tip-In Wide Right
Casey Cizikas hit Colin Miller
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Kyle MacLean faceoff won against Vladislav Namestnikov
Goalie Stopped
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Mark Scheifele
Kyle Connor shot blocked by Brock Nelson
Giveaway by Dennis Cholowski
Anthony DeAngelo hit Kyle Connor
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Takeaway by Scott Perunovich
On-Ice Official
Off-side
Giveaway by Scott Perunovich
Puck in Netting
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Mark Scheifele
Anthony Duclair Wrist Shot Wide Left
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Icing
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Vladislav Namestnikov
Scott Perunovich hit Nino Niederreiter
Neal Pionk shot blocked by Marc Gatcomb
Pierre Engvall hit Mason Appleton
Marc Gatcomb Goal (3) Backhand, assists: none
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Brad Lambert shot blocked by Scott Perunovich
Casey Cizikas hit Nikolaj Ehlers
Dylan Samberg shot blocked by Brock Nelson
Anders Lee hit Vladislav Namestnikov
Anders Lee Wrap-around saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Kyle MacLean Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Puck in Netting
Gabriel Vilardi shot blocked by Anthony DeAngelo
Takeaway by Bo Horvat
Anthony DeAngelo Snap Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Takeaway by Adam Pelech
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Giveaway by Scott Perunovich
Anders Lee hit Colin Miller
Bo Horvat Interference against Vladislav Namestnikov
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Mark Scheifele
Goalie Stopped
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Vladislav Namestnikov
Off-side
Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri
Brock Nelson Batted saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Marc Gatcomb hit Alex Iafallo
Casey Cizikas hit Josh Morrissey
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Anthony Duclair Wrist Shot Short
Anthony DeAngelo Tripping against Mark Scheifele
TV Timeout
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Mark Scheifele
Kyle Connor shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Kyle Connor shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Nino Niederreiter shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri
Off-side
Kyle MacLean faceoff won against David Gustafsson
Puck in Benches
Kyle MacLean Wrist Shot Wide Right
Anders Lee Backhand Wide Left
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Anthony Duclair hit Neal Pionk
Puck in Netting
Rasmus Kupari shot blocked by Scott Perunovich
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Colin Miller shot blocked by Maxim Tsyplakov
Maxim Tsyplakov Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Icing
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Mark Scheifele
Simon Holmstrom Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
Puck in Netting
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Rasmus Kupari
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Hand Pass
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Alex Iafallo shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Icing
Bo Horvat faceoff won against David Gustafsson
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot Wide Left
Anthony Duclair Tip-In saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Gabriel Vilardi
Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Anders Lee
Maxim Tsyplakov Slap Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Kyle Palmieri Tip-In saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Giveaway by Tony DeAngelo
Goalie Stopped
Casey Cizikas hit Josh Morrissey
Off-side
Kyle MacLean faceoff won against Rasmus Kupari
Pierre Engvall hit Logan Stanley
Marc Gatcomb hit Rasmus Kupari
Rasmus Kupari shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Goalie Stopped
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Vladislav Namestnikov
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Kyle Connor shot blocked by Adam Boqvist
Dylan Samberg shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri
Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri
Casey Cizikas Deflected Wide Right
TV Timeout
Anders Lee Tip-In Wide Left
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Giveaway by Tony DeAngelo
Takeaway by Dennis Cholowski
Giveaway by Anthony Duclair
Alexander Romanov Slap Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Alexander Romanov Slap Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Anders Lee Tip-In saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Kyle Palmieri Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Anders Lee (18), Alexander Romanov (13)
Kyle Palmieri Backhand saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against David Gustafsson
Casey Cizikas Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Puck in Netting
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against David Gustafsson
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot Wide Right
Pierre Engvall Snap Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Alexander Romanov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Rasmus Kupari
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Puck in Netting
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Rasmus Kupari
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Tony DeAngelo Slap Shot Wide Left
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Left
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Anthony DeAngelo Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Anthony Duclair Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Anders Lee Backhand saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Vladislav Namestnikov
Maxim Tsyplakov Tip-In saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by Scott Perunovich
Casey Cizikas hit Kyle Connor
Colin Miller shot blocked by Simon Holmstrom
Off-side
Giveaway by Simon Holmstrom
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Goalie Stopped
Timeout - Visitor
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Mark Scheifele
Anders Lee Wrist Shot saved by Connor Hellebuyck
Scott Perunovich Wrist Shot Wide Right
High Stick
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Rasmus Kupari

ISLANDERS

JETS

Regular Season Series

WPG leads 1-0

Islanders
3
Jets
4

Game 1

8/2

Jets
2
Islanders
3

Game 2

5/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	45	20	6	96
Columbus	38	22	11	87
Pittsburgh	35	20	16	86
NY Islanders	40	27	5	85
Philadelphia	34	24	12	80
Washington	35	28	9	79
New Jersey	36	32	2	74
NY Rangers	28	34	9	65

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	47	13	10	104
Dallas	43	17	11	97
Minnesota	40	20	12	92
Utah	37	29	6	80
Nashville	34	28	9	77
Winnipeg	30	29	12	72
St. Louis	29	30	11	69
Chicago	27	31	13	67

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New York Islanders @ Winnipeg Jets

Stars of the Game

Gabriel VilardiC - WPG

Kyle ConnorLW - WPG

Mark ScheifeleC - WPG

Game Information

Gabriel Vilardi scores a pair of goals and Jets win their 8th straight, 4-3 over Islanders

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WPG leads 1-0

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