Cole Perfetti scored twice and picked up an assist and Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for the shutout on Tuesday as the Winnipeg Jets blanked the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 5-0 for their seventh straight win.

The Jets extended their point streak to 13 games (11-0-2).

Brenden Dillon, Josh Morrissey and Gabriel Vilardi also tallied for Winnipeg, while Adam Lowry registered two assists. Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele, Dylan Samberg and Nate Schmidt each had an assist.

Daniil Tarasov stopped 18 shots for Columbus.

Dillon scored the game’s first goal, floating a soft shot that found its way behind Tarasov 3:12 into the game. Scheifele registered his 400th career assist on that goal.

The Jets then really began to showcase why they entered Tuesday as the first-place team in the NHL.

At the 10:50 mark of the second, they extended their advantage when Perfetti chipped in Samberg’s pass from behind the net to make it 2-0.

The Jets kept on the pressure as Morrissey unleashed a shot from the faceoff circle, at 14:03 of the second period.

Perfetti got his second goal of the game 3:34 into the third period; he capitalized on a series of turnovers by Columbus, making the Jackets pay with a wrist shot that beat Tarasov in tight once again.

With 13:27 remaining, Scheifele left the game after taking a deflected puck to the ear. He later returned to celebrate the win with his teammates.

The Jets got their fifth goal on the power play, with Vilardi scoring at 9:29.

–Field Level Media