Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele scores on Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen during the second period of a preseason game in Winnipeg, on Sept. 23, 2018.Trevor Hagan/The Canadian Press
Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler each had three-point games as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 in preseason play Sunday.
Scheifele scored a power-play goal, added another shorthanded and picked up an assist on Wheeler’s power-play goal. The captain also had a pair of assists.
Rookie forward Skyler McKenzie also scored twice for Winnipeg. Forward Dennis Everberg and defenceman Dustin Byfuglien each contributed a pair of helpers.
Connor Hellebuyck made 38 saves for Winnipeg, which is 3-1-0 in the preseason.
Edmonton had Finnish free-agent signing Mikko Koskinen in net. He stopped 16 shots.
The Oilers got a pair of goals from Kailer Yamamoto and one from Ethan Bear as they dropped to 3-1-0. Top players such as Connor McDavid and Leon Draistaitl didn’t dress.
Winnipeg iced most of its stars, although left-winger Kyle Connor took a puck to the neck in the morning skate and was held out as a precaution. He was replaced on the top line with Scheifele and Wheeler by Finnish rookie Kristian Vesalainen, Winnipeg’s first-round pick (24th overall) in the 2017 NHL draft.
The Oilers outshot the Jets 11-4 in the first period and took a 2-1 lead. The visitors’ shots on goal skyrocketed to 29-9 after the second period, but it was Winnipeg that grabbed a 3-2 lead.
Scheifele opened the game’s scoring with a power-play goal at 3:45, but Edmonton responded by striking twice.
Yamamoto recorded his third of the preseason after he tipped in a point shot by defenceman Matt Benning. Bear then beat a screened Hellebuyck on the power play with a straight-on shot from the point.
McKenzie tied it up for the Jets at 7:42 of the second period when he deflected a point shot from defenceman Joe Morrow.
Wheeler took advantage of an Edmonton turnover just outside of the blue line and passed the puck across the front of the net to Scheifele for a short-handed goal at 10:01 that made it 3-2.
Wheeler scored his goal at 7:44 of the third during a two-man advantage with Oilers skaters Brad Malone and Zack Kassian in the penalty box.
McKenzie, a prospect from Sherwood Park, Alta., notched his second of the game into the empty side of the net after a quick pass from C.J. Suess at 10:23.
Yamamoto’s second goal came with 40 seconds remaining.