Winnipeg Jets star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will be out for four to six weeks to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his knee, the NHL team announced Friday.

Hellebuyck is 8-6-0 with a 2.51 goals-against average and .913 save percentage this season for the Jets, who entered a game Friday against Carolina in third place in the Central Division.

Jets coach Scott Arneil said Friday that Hellebuyck had been trying to play through a knee injury, and the timing is right to get it taken care of.

Hellebuyck won his first Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and his third Vezina Trophy as top goaltender in 2024-25 as the Jets posted the best regular-season record in the league.

The surgery comes less than three months before the start of the Olympic men's hockey tournament in Milan, Italy.

Hellebuyck,

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