WINNIPEG – The often-stoic Mark Scheifele showed more emotion than usual after reaching an impressive milestone on Saturday.

The Jets assistant captain scored a power-play goal early in the first period of a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators, which made him the all-time leading scorer in Jets 2.0 history with 813 points.

“Yeah, an unbelievable pass by KC (Kyle Connor),” Scheifele said. “He’s good, isn’t he? He’s amazing. Obviously, I’m tremendously honoured. I’m still trying to catch another guy (Dale Hawerchuk). For that one, it will be cool.

“Obviously, I’m tremendously honoured. I wouldn’t be here without the guys, especially the guy I went ahead of. He helped me throughout my career and he also gave me a lot of tap-ins, so I’m very lucky about the guys I play with currently a

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