Kyle Connor’s second goal against the Los Angeles Kings – a two-touch bullet 97 seconds into Tuesday night’s 3-on-3 overtime – did more than give Winnipeg its franchise-record 44th win of the season. It also gave Connor and the rest of the Jets’ young snipers sole possession of an impressive salary-cap-era goal-scoring accomplishment.



With nine games still left to play, Connor’s 27th goal pushed his 21-and-under teammates to a grand total of 102 goals on the season. Patrik Laine has 43 goals, Nikolaj Ehlers has 27 goals, Jack Roslovic has four goals, and Brendan Lemieux has one. Note that Ehlers recently turned 22, but this is his age-21 season, as defined by Hockey-Reference.com.



That total from those five players is two more goals than any team's age-21-and-under-season players have scored in the salary cap era.



No team has hit 100 goals from players in their age-21 season or younger since Pittsburgh did in 2006-07. Those...