After trailing all night time, the Winnipeg Jets (41-14-3) tied the sport within the ultimate minute and beat the San Jose Sharks (15-36-8) 2-1 in additional time on Monday night time at Canada Life Middle. Josh Morrissey and Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, whereas Connor Hellebuyck made 16 saves.
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William Eklund scored the lone objective for the Sharks and Vitek Vanecek, who was good in web, made 33 saves.
Sport Recap
Eklund opened the scoring at 15:07 of the primary interval on the ability play, with a shot from the fitting circle, previous Hellebuyck.
Within the first interval, the Jets outshot the Sharks 10-6 and went 0-for-1 on the ability play, whereas the Sharks went 1-for-2 with the person benefit.
The Jets continued to hold the play as the sport went on, however couldn’t beat Vanecek, who finally was rewarded with the primary star of the sport. Within the second interval, the Jets outshot the Sharks as soon as once more, this time 10-8. The Sharks went 0-for-2 on the PP within the interval, whereas the Jets went 0-for-1 for the second straight interval.
After pushing all third interval, the Jets lastly broke by, as Morrissey tied the sport with 26 seconds left, with a slap shot from the left circle.
Scheifele despatched the followers residence glad at 1:33 of the additional interval, pouncing on a rebound in entrance of the web. That objective was Scheifele’s 329th of his profession, transferring him previous Ilya Kovalchuk for first in Atlanta Thrashers and Jets historical past.
Up Subsequent
The Jets are in Canada’s capital on Wednesday to tackle the Ottawa Senators, whereas the Sharks can be in Montreal to face the Canadiens on Thursday.
