Mark Scheifele scored with 1.6 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.
Scheifele’s game-winner came with Winnipeg holding a two-man advantage. The Jets went 3-for-5 on the power play, while Tampa Bay finished 0-for-4.
Cole Perfetti and Morgan Barron each scored a goal. Brayden Yager netted his first career tally and Viggo Bjorck produced two assists for the Jets, who won their third straight game.
Pontus Holmberg scored twice, Brandon Hagel added a goal and Erik Cernak tallied two assists for the Lightning, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Winnipeg goalie Stuart Skinner recorded 18 saves, while Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 of 25 shots.
After Hagel hit the post 14 seconds into the game, the teams played a scoreless first period.
Vasilevskiy turned aside shots from Scheifele, Neal Pionk and Gabriel Vilardi during a flurry of Winnipeg chances near the 13-minute mark.
Winnipeg took a 1-0 lead at 1:53 of the second period when Perfetti converted a power-play goal, firing a one-timer from between the hash marks off a Scheifele pass past Vasilevskiy’s glove.
The Jets doubled their lead about 11 minutes later when Pionk circled behind the net and carried the puck into the faceoff circle before sending a cross-ice pass to Barron, who hammered home a one-timer.
Winnipeg capitalized on a double-minor high-sticking penalty against Holmberg to extend its lead to 3-0. Bjorck slipped a no-look, one-touch pass between his legs to Yager, who scored at 8:10 of the third period.
Just over two minutes later, Hagel’s goal cut the Jets’ lead to 3-1.
Tampa Bay pulled within 3-2 when Holmberg slammed home a rebound at 14:01. Just 26 seconds later, he scored again during a scramble in front of the net to tie the game at 3-all.
Scheifele capitalized for the winner after Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde was penalized for tripping and Erik Cernak was called for closing his hand on the puck, giving Winnipeg a 5-on-3 advantage in the final minute.
–Field Level Media
