WINNIPEG -- Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in a 6:38 span in the first period, and the Winnipeg Jets cruised to a 6-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.

Game, set, mismatch. The Winnipeg Jets looked like a team on a mission. The Vancouver Canucks looked like one that had gone missing. The end result was a 6-1 laugher for the home side on Tuesday

Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The left-winger’s sixth career hat trick came in a span of 6:38, making it the third fastest in Jets-Thrashers’ history.

Kyle Connor was glad he and the Winnipeg Jets got some puck luck on Tuesday. Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

Then, flipping the script, Connor scored his second of the game with 6:59 remaining in the frame - this one coming off a rebound from a Pionk point shot. Vilardi picked up the secondary assist - his second of the game - on Connor's 25th of the season.

Vilardi recorded three assists and Cole Perfetti added a pair to give ... shutout bid when he got the puck off Jets' defenceman Logan Stanley and beat Hellebuyck at 9:16.

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Kyle Connor scored three goals in the first 13:37 for the second-fastest hat trick in franchise history, while Cole Perfetti tallied two assists for his 100th career point.

Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.