With only one series left in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Day 27 saw the Jets chase a Vezina nominee from the net in the fastest time ever in a Game 7. In a series that went back and forth from start to finish, it shared the same end as most of the games in the series. A lopsided victory for one team.

Here’s how it went down:

Winnipeg 5-1 Nashville

Winnipeg wins series 4-3

After losing Game 6 at home by a score of 4-0, the Jets looked to capitalize on their second opportunity to move past the Nashville Predators and face the Vegas Golden Knights. After a bounce-back game on Monday night, Pekka Rinne looked to do the same Thursday night in Nashville.

The Winnipeg Jets, however, had other plans.

The Jets scored nine minutes into the game on a sharp-angled shot. Tyler Myers netted his third of the playoffs. Myers shot the puck from the side of the net, on the red line and it bounced off Rinne’s stick and somehow found its way through his skate and the post for a 1-0 Winnipeg lead.

A little over two minutes later Paul Stastny scored his fifth of the playoffs to make it 2-0 Winnipeg. Statsny chased down the puck on a dump in behind the Predator’s net. He then pulled the puck back out in front and put it on net, cleaning up his own rebound and roofing it over Rinne’s blocker.

Nashville then opted for a goaltender change. After stopping five of seven shots, Rinne was pulled for the fourth time these playoffs and replaced with Juuse Saros.

The Predators would cut the lead in half with four minutes left in the opening period. PK Subban would blast a one-timer for his fourth goal, past Connor Hellebyuck on the powerplay to shorten the Jets lead to 2-1.

Winnipeg would bounce back with two minutes left in the second period, and they never looked back. The Jets’ heavily touted first line struck again, as Kyle Connor would carry the puck in and leave it for Blake Wheeler in the slot, who would dish it to Mark Scheifele to the right of the net. Scheifele would one-time his 10th past Saros for a 3-1 lead.

The Jets would take to the powerplay with 10 minutes left in the game, and they would capitalize. Patrik Laine rocketed a shot from the top of the face-off circle, and Paul Stastny was positioned down low to clean up the rebound for his second of the game.

Winnipeg would add an empty-netter to seal the deal and punch their ticket to the Western Conference Final to play Vegas.

Connor Hellebyuck put up a solid performance stopping 36 of 37 Nashville shots, especially some early pressure, as the Preds brought a solid effort but were let down early by a couple of goals they were never able rebound from.

It was a rough game, series and playoffs for Pekka Rinne as he was chased from the net on almost a regular basis, being pulled three times in this series alone. It will be interesting to see what Nashville’s plans are for the ageing goaltender with a soon-to-be-expired contract.

The Jets has had an excellent playoffs so far and have gotten strong play from every part of their line-up. Taking on a Golden Knights team that shocked the world to this point, Winnipeg looks to be the first Canadian team to make the Stanley Cup Final since 2011.

Thank you to the @PredsNHL and their passionate fans for a hard-fought series between the top two teams of the 17-18 @NHL season!

#WPGWhiteout | #NSHvsWPG pic.twitter.com/6oIxxMRBiO — Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) May 11, 2018

Game 1 of the Western Conference Final will take place Saturday at 5 p.m. MT from the Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg.