Mark Scheifele recorded his fifth career hat trick and second of the season to propel the host Winnipeg Jets to a 6–3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. Captain Blake Wheeler had four assists, Scheifele added one of his own and Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for the Jets, who improved to 3–1–1 in their past five games. Cole Perfetti had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg, and Kyle Connor and Paul Stastny also scored. Joel Eriksson Ek, Mats Zuccarello and Dmitry Kulikov scored for the Wild, who lost for only the second time in their past 10 games—both times to the Jets. Zuccarello also had an assist, and Kirill Kaprizov contributed two helpers. Panthers 3, Hurricanes 2 (OT) Aaron Ekblad scored 16 seconds into overtime as Florida came from behind to win in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Panthers had tied the game on Sam Reinhart’s tally with …