The Canucks' form continues to swing wildly from game to game and the Jets took advantage with a Kyle Connor hat trick in the first period.

Head coach Rick Tocchet expressed his frustrations regarding the Vancouver Canucks' inconsistency following Tuesday's 6-1 defeat to the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Center.

Canucks: It was a team loss by Vancouver, as Winnipeg’s first four goals came against each of its lines. Winnipeg Jets' Neal Pionk (4) reaches for a bouncing puck in front of goaltender Connor ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver ... Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk and Nino ...

Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves to pick up his league-leading 27th win of the season for Winnipeg, which is 3-1-2 in its season-long, eight-game homestand. Nils Hoglander scored a third-period goal for the Canucks (19-14-10), who finished a five-game road trip going 1-2-2. Kevin Lankinen stopped 27 shots for Vancouver.

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The Winnipeg Jets continued their season long homestand on Tuesday night at the Canada Life Centre and absolutely crushed the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 6-1. Connor Hellebuyck picked up his league leading 27th win of the year on a cold winter night in Winnipeg.

Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period and went on to add an assist as the Winnipeg Jets crushed the visiting Vancouver Canucks 6-1 on Tuesday. Neal Pionk, Nino Niederreiter and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

With the Jets hosting the Vancouver Canucks, it took Kyle Connor just 13 minutes and 37 seconds of action to record a natural hat trick and give his team a 3-0 lead in the first period.

After breaking a four-game losing streak with a 3-0 shutout over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the Vancouver Canucks rolled into Winnipeg to face the league-leading Jets, who were coming off a 3-0 shutout of their own against the Colorado Avalanche.

It seems the Vancouver Canucks’ game plan against the Winnipeg Jets didn’t include being aware of Kyle Connor. Left unchecked, the winger scored a first-period, natural hat-trick as the Jets steamrolled the Canucks,