Jets strike early, often, oust Wild

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Jacob Trouba, Bryan Little, Brandon Tanev and Joel Armia scored in the first 11:59 to chase Minnesota goalie Devan Dubynk as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Wild 5-0 on Friday to win a playoff series for the first time in franchise history.

Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his second shutout of the series, and Mark Scheifele added a goal in the third to help the Jets finish the Wild in five games.

At Pittsburgh, Sean Couturier’s long, knuckling shot from the point got past Pittsburgh goalie Matt Murray with 1:17 left as Philadelphia sliced its series deficit to 3-2.

Claude Giroux, Valtteri Filppula and

Flyers 4, Penguins 2 —

Matt Read also scored for the Flyers.

Making his first playoff start in nearly two years, Michal Neuvirth stopped 30 shots, including a diving stop on the doorstep to deny Penguins star Sidney Crosby shortly after Couturier’s long shot put Philadelphia in front.

At Nashville, Tenn., Sven Andrighetto scored with 1:28 left to back Andrew Hammond, who had a career-high 44 saves for his first postseason victory in his first playoff start since April 17, 2015, as Colorado cut its series deficit to 3-2.

Gabriel Landeskog scored the tying goal when Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne got caught outside his crease with teammate Ryan Ellis in his lap with 4:11 to go.

Avalanche 2, Predators 1 —