Jets beat Lightning on last-second winner
The Winnipeg Jets hung on for dear life, scoring the game-winner with just 0.3 seconds left in the third period, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 from downtown Winnipeg on Sunday night.
For the Jets it was their third straight win after a terrible stretch that saw the team lose nine in a row.
Mark Scheifele got the game winner on a five-on-three last second power play marker. Viggo Bjorck extended his point streak to two games with his first career two-assist night. Cole Perfetti and Morgan Barron got the other goals for Winnipeg, while Scheifele and Perfetti also each registered two points each.
Tampa got three goals in a span of 4:05 in the third period, drawing some anxious groans from the home crowd. But thanks to the two-man advantage, Winnipeg prevailed on a powerful Scheifele one-timer that ripped past Andrei Vasilevskiy as the game-winner.
Jets fans will now very courteously welcome Connor Hellebuyck back to Canada Life Centre on Tuesday evening, as the New Jersey Devils show up to play the final of Winnipeg's three-game homestand.
HIGHLIGHTS:
PHOTOS:
The extended photo library from Sunday's game vs. Tampa Bay is courtesy of Rusty Barton:
QUOTEABLE:
Mark Scheifele on the buzzer beater:
“Him and Gabe both getting dirty in the corner and making a great play. That was an unbelievable pass by Fetts. Don’t quit until the buzzer, and that was exactly that.”
Brayden Yager on his first career goal:
“That was really cool. Mom, Dad and Grandpa were here, so it was pretty cool to do it in front of them. Just a great play by Viggo there that touched over to me and had a pretty wide-open net. Unbelievable feeling. Dream come true.”
WHAT’S NEXT:
Winnipeg next takes on Connor Hellebuyck and the New Jersey Devils in his return to Canada Life Centre on Tuesday night as the Jets close out their three-game homestand.
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