Winnipeg Jets' Andrew Copp (9) scores on Minnesota Wild's goaltender Devan Dubnyk (40) as the Wild's Ryan Suter (20) skates by behind during third period NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Sunday, April 3, 2016.Trevor Hagan/The Canadian Press
Mark Scheifele scored his team-leading 27th goal of the season as the Winnipeg Jets gave their fans something to cheer about on Sunday with a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in their last home game of the season.
Fans gave the playoff-less team a standing ovation with shouts of "Go Jets Go" during the final minute of the game at MTS Centre and the players raised their sticks to the crowd after the final buzzer.
Chris Thorburn ended a 47-game goal-scoring drought for Winnipeg (32-39-8) with his sixth goal of the season. Rookie Andrew Copp, Drew Stafford and Blake Wheeler, with an empty-netter, also scored.
Goalie Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves for Winnipeg.
Wild centre Mikael Granlund scored his 13th goal of the season, with Mikko Koivu picking up an assist to give him 10 points in his last 10 games, including two goals.
Devan Dubnyk stopped 29 of the 33 shots he faced for the Wild (38-31-11), who dropped their third straight game and failed in their attempt to clinch a playoff berth.
Minnesota could have secured a Western Conference wild-card spot with a win and a loss by Colorado.
The Wild hold the second wild-card berth with 87 points and remain five points ahead of the Avalanche, who have a game in hand.
The Jets finish with an 18-19-4 home record and wrap up their season on a three-game road trip with stops in Anaheim, San Jose and Los Angeles.
Minnesota ends its regular season hosting San Jose and Calgary.
Scheifele's goal extended his point streak to seven games, with four goals and 10 points during that span.
He recorded Winnipeg's first power-play goal in 11 games at 17:55 of the first period with Wild forward Nino Niederreiter in the penalty box for hooking.
Nikolaj Ehlers received a pass from Alexander Burmistrov at the bottom of the face-off circle and then sent the puck across the front to the net to Scheifele, who fired it just inside the post.
Winnipeg outshot the Wild 13-7 in the opening period.
Thorburn's first goal since Dec. 15 came on a breakaway after a Wild pass hit the stick of Jet Matt Halischuk and slid up to Thorburn, who beat Dubnyk low on the blocker side at 12:37 of the second for the 2-0 lead.
Granlund made it 2-1 with his goal at 7:37 of the third, but Copp replied at 9:03 when he went between two defenders and put a shot between Dubnyk's pads.
Stafford notched his 21st goal of the season at 12:55 on the power play, while Wheeler's empty-netter at 17:16 for his 23rd of the season boosted his point streak to eight games with 11 points, including five goals.