Saturday night will be a night Mark Scheifele won’t soon forget.

The first ever draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets scored early to set a new franchise standard for career points as the Jets took care of the Nashville Predators 4-1 at Canada Life Centre.

With the Jets on a power play, Kyle Connor fed Scheifele with a fantastic cross-ice pass that Scheifele one-timed past Juuse Saros at the 2:39 mark of the first for his sixth goal of the season.

That gave Scheifele 813 points in his Jets career, one more than Blake Wheeler for most in franchise history. During a break in play, a video of Wheeler congratulating Scheifele played in the arena before a hearty ovation was given to Scheifele by the hometown faithful.

The goal was part of a dominant opening 20 minutes from Winnipeg.

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