Wheeler takes over NHL assist lead with 4-point night

No one has more helpers in the NHL than Blake Wheeler this season.

The Winnipeg Jets forward scored a goal and assisted on three others as his club manhandled the Ottawa Senators 5-0 on Sunday.

Wheeler moved past Steven Stamkos for the league assists lead with 28, compared to the Lightning star's 26, although Stamkos has played one fewer game.

The Jets captain also moved into fourth among the NHL's points leaders, with 35 of those in 27 contests.

Sunday's eruption was Wheeler's second straight game with at least three points, and the third time in the last four contests that he's done that.

He collected three assists in a 7-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, and had a goal and two assists in a 7-2 win shellacking of the Minnesota Wild last Monday.

Wheeler's potent production could continue Tuesday, when the Jets battle the Detroit Red Wings, who are coming off an embarrassing 10-1 destruction at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens.