Vilardi scores, Hellebuyck stops 35 shots for third shutout of season as Jets beat Avalanche 1-0

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Gabriel Vilardi scored and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots for his third shutout this season as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Thursday night.

Vilardi scored 1:06 into the game, and Hellebuyck made it stand up for the Jets' fifth straight win since snapping a season-opening eight-game win streak. Hellebuyck had nine saves in the first, nine in the second and 17 in the third for his 40th career shutout.

It was the teams' first meeting since the Avalanche beat the Jets in five gams in the first round of the playoff last spring.

Alexandar Georgiev stopped 27 shots for Colorado.

Jets: Jumped on the Avalanche early, with Mark Scheifele setting up Vilardi for the only goal of the game. They had plenty of chances after that but were stoned by Georgiev for the rest of the way.

Avalanche: After Winnipeg’s goal, Colorado rebounded and generated scoring chances only to either miss the net or be denied by Hellebuyck.

Midway through the second period, Hellebuyck made four saves from his knees on dangerous shots by the Avalanche.

Colorado outshot the Jets 17-4 in the third period and 35-28 overall.

Avalanche host Carolina on Saturday to open a four-game homestand, and Jets host Dallas to finish a four-game homestand.

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Colorado Avalanche's Artturi Lehkonen (62) jumps out of the way of the shot on Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) as Josh Morrissey (44) defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets' Mason Appleton (22) gets tripped by Colorado Avalanche's Devon Toews (7) in front of goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel talks to his team during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Colorado Avalanche, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets' Dylan DeMelo (2) clears the puck as he defends against Colorado Avalanche's Artturi Lehkonen (62) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets' Nikolaj Ehlers (27) tries to get his stick on a loose puck in front of Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets' Nino Niederreiter (62) and Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon (29) collide during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) saves the shot from Colorado Avalanche's T.J. Tynan (9) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets' Gabriel Vilardi (13) scores on Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) saves the shot from Colorado Avalanche's Calvin de Haan (44) as Adam Lowry (17) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Yinxing battered the northern Philippines with floods and landslides before blowing away from the country on Friday, leaving two airports damaged and aggravating a calamity caused by back-to-back storms that hit in recent weeks.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from Yinxing, the 13th major storm to hit the disaster-prone Southeast Asian archipelago this year.

The typhoon, locally called Marce, was last tracked over the South China Sea about 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of the northern Philippine province of Ilocos Norte with sustained winds of up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 205 kph (127 mph), according to government forecasters. It is expected to weaken further before hitting Vietnam.

The typhoon flooded villages, toppled trees and electricity poles, and damaged houses and buildings in Cagayan province, where Yinxing made landfall Thursday afternoon, provincial officials said. More than 40,000 villagers were evacuated to safer ground in the province.

In the northernmost island province of Batanes, Gov. Marilou Cayco said Yinxing’s fierce winds and rain blew away roofs of houses and damaged seaports and two domestic airport terminals.

More details of damage, including in two northern mountain towns hit by landslides, were expected after provinces battered by the typhoon complete an assessment, officials said.

The new damage will complicate recovery efforts from two powerful storms that lashed the northern region in recent weeks.

Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Kong-rey left at least 151 people dead in the Philippines and affected nearly 9 million others, mostly in the northern and central provinces. More than 14 billion pesos ($241 million) in rice, corn and other crops and infrastructure were damaged.

Trami dumped one to two months’ worth of rain in just 24 hours in some regions. In the hardest-hit province of Batangas, south of Manila, at least 61 people died in floods and landslides.

More than 630,000 people were still displaced due to Trami and Kong-rey as of Thursday, officials said, including 172,000 who remained in emergency shelters as Yinxing blew across the country's mountainous north.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. decided not to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru next week to focus on recovery efforts, Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez said.

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages and caused ships to run aground and smash into houses in the central Philippines. The archipelago also lies in a region often hit by earthquakes and has more than a dozen active volcanoes, making it one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world.

In this photo provided by the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Lal-lo, workers clear a tree that fell due to strong winds from Typhoon Yinxing nin Lal-lo, Cagayan province, northern Philippines Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (LGU Lal-lo via AP)

Typhoon floods villages, rips off roofs and damages 2 domestic airports in northern Philippines

Typhoon floods villages, rips off roofs and damages 2 domestic airports in northern Philippines

In this handout provided by the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Lal-Lo, workers clear a road from a tree that fell due to strong winds from Typhoon Yinxing, locally called Marce, in Lal-lo, Cagayan province, northern Philippines on Thursday Nov. 7, 2024. (LGU Lal-lo via AP)