The Jets controlled the play in the first period, outshooting the Blackhawks 8-4, but a shorthanded goal by Nick Foligno and a power play goal by Connor Bedard had the Blackhawks up 2-0 going into the first intermission.

Kyle Connor and Cole Perfetti scored in the shootout, and the Winnipeg Jets clinched the franchise’s first Central Division title and the No. 1 seed for the Western Conference playoffs with a wild 5-4

The Jets beat the Blackhawks 5-4 in a shootout in Chicago on Saturday. “Not ideal,” Jets d-man Josh Morrissey said. “Obviously, I don’t know. I haven’t heard the verdict