Toffoli scores twice, Jets shut out Ducks

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA » Tyler Toffoli scored his first two goals since being traded to Winnipeg and Laurent Brossoit stopped 21 shots for his second shutout of the season in the Jets' 6-0 win over the Ducks on Friday night.

Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo snapped a 63game goal-scoring drought and added an assist, and Kyle Connor, Nate Schmidt and Mason Appleton also scored for Winnipeg. Josh Morrissey had three assists and Nikolaj Ehlers added two for the Jets, who've alternated wins and losses their past five games.

The victory moved Winnipeg into a three-way tie with Dallas and Colorado atop the Central Division. The Jets have the tiebreaker for first place, having played two fewer games than the Stars and one fewer than the Avalanche,

Brossoit's shutout was his fifth straight victory as a starter and he improved to 12-4-2. He hasn't given up a goal in 141 minutes and 40 seconds, dating back to last Friday's 3-0 shutout of Seattle and a 5-2 victory over Buffalo on March 3.

John Gibson stopped 32 shots for Anaheim, has lost five straight and was coming off a 2-0 loss at Minnesota on Thursday. Anaheim has been outscored

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Winnipeg led 1-0 after the first period and 2-0 following the second.

Gibson denied Mark Scheifele from in close about seven minutes into the first for an 8-1 lead in shots on goal. Scheifele was back in action on his 31st birthday after missing the past game with the flu.

Anaheim went on the game's first power play less than a minute later, but Frank Vatrano hit the crossbar.

Connor made it 1-0 with his 28th goal of the season when he tipped in a point shot by DeMelo with 3:40 left in the first.