Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of goals and the Winnipeg Jets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and never looked back, defeating the host Nashville Predators 5-2 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak.

Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Perfetti and Kyle Connor were the other goal scorers for the Jets, while Dylan Samberg had three assists and fellow defenseman Luke Schenn two more. Eric Comrie made 20 stops to get the win.

Nick Blankenburg and Luke Evangelista scored goals, with Erik Haula assisting on each, as the Predators tried to claw back from a 3-0 hole more than halfway through the game. Justus Annunen turned aside 20 pucks in the loss.

The Jets struck early, taking a 1-0 lead just 47 seconds into the game when Vilardi finished off a give-and-go with Mark Scheifele, b

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