Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

The Canucks' form continues to swing wildly from game to game and the Jets took advantage with a Kyle Connor hat trick in the first period.

WINNIPEG -- Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in a 6:38 span in the first period, and the Winnipeg Jets cruised to a 6-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.

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The Winnipeg Jets will host the Vancouver Canucks as the two Canadian teams meet for the first of three games this season.

Vancouver Canucks (19-13-10, in the Pacific Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (29-12-3, in the Central Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets host the Vancouver Canucks after Nikolaj Ehlers' two-goal game against the ...

Winnipeg Jets’ Dylan Samberg (54) passes the puck in front of Vancouver Canucks’ J.T. Miller (9) during a game last season. The two teams face off tonight, Puck drop is 7 p.m. (Ethan Cairns / The Canadian Press files)

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Left unchecked, the winger scored a first-period, natural hat-trick as the Jets steamrolled the Canucks, 6-1, on Tuesday. The 28-year-old seemed as happy with his team’s stinginess as he was with its explosiveness.

With the ongoing drama in the Vancouver Canucks' locker room, J.T. Miller was compared to former toxic Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler.

There is no shortage of teams interested in acquiring Vancouver Canucks centreman JT Miller. While the talk has mostly been surrounding the New York Rangers, given a recent trade that was close to the finish line but was ultimately nixed,