NHL
Scheifele Scores With 1.6 Seconds Left as Jets Beat Lightning 4–3
Winnipeg let a three-goal lead slip in the third period before Mark Scheifele scored the winner on a two-man advantage.
Mark Scheifele scored with 1.6 seconds left in regulation to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4–3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday at Canada Life Centre. Winnipeg had led 3–0 in the third period before Tampa Bay tied it with 5:33 remaining.
Winnipeg had a two-man advantage when Cole Perfetti took the puck from Ryan McDonagh in the corner and found Scheifele across the ice. Scheifele beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a one-timer from the left side. It was Winnipeg’s third power-play goal of the night. Tampa Bay went 0-for-4.
Perfetti and Morgan Barron scored in the second period. Brayden Yager made it 3–0 at 8:10 of the third with his first NHL goal, finishing a pass from Viggo Björck, who had two assists. Brandon Hagel started Tampa Bay’s comeback at 10:22, then Pontus Holmberg scored at 14:01 and 14:27.
The win was Winnipeg’s third straight after a nine-game winless stretch. Tampa Bay’s three-game winning streak ended a night after it erased a two-goal deficit in the third period and won in overtime at Minnesota.
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