The final time the Winnipeg Jets performed a recreation in Dallas, Thomas Harley scored the additional time winner to finish their season within the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Maybe fittingly, on Groundhog Day, it was Harley who once more performed the OT hero because the Jets fell to the Stars 4-3 Monday night time in Texas.
The Jets tied the sport with the goalie pulled late in regulation, and solely moments after Mark Scheifele was stopped on a breakaway in additional time, Harley scored the game-winner to drive the Jets to accept a single level.
“Something can occur in additional time,” stated Jets defenceman Logan Stanley who tied the sport with only one:43 left. “We received our greatest participant on a breakaway and goalie makes an ideal save. They make a very nice play and win the sport. So, it’s clearly irritating. We’re completely happy we received some extent, however clearly in search of two.”
Instantly after the game-winning aim was scored, Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck argued with the referee, believing the play ought to have been blown lifeless earlier.
“He received hit with a shot there, his masks was undone,” stated Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “And he was hollering and screaming whereas the play was going up after which that was it.”
Cole Perfetti and Gabriel Vilardi every had a aim and an help for Winnipeg within the loss.
It was the Jets first journey again to Dallas since being eradicated in final spring’s Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Stars have now received all three conferences this season.
“Robust solution to finish it,” stated Jets captain Adam Lowry. “However I preferred how we stayed in it. We have been in a position to get one (level). Clearly two (factors) is tremendous vital for us at this level. However to see them rating, and us get one late to at the least salvage some extent, it’s at the least a small optimistic for us.”
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The Jets have now misplaced their final eight straight video games which have gone to additional time. They’re simply 1-6 in OT and have only a 2-8 document in video games which have gone previous regulation this season.
“That was a recreation that was winnable,” Arniel stated. “Second interval – we received up 2-1 and actually we received sloppy with and with out the puck, particularly by the impartial zone. However on the finish of the day, we hung in there and had a reasonably good third interval.
“You actually hope to discover a solution to end these off. We had Schife on a breakaway. Perhaps that was the look we have been hoping for.”
It was the fifth straight victory for the Stars who are actually 23 factors forward of the Jets within the standings.
Neither crew discovered the again of the web throughout a reasonably entertaining first interval during which each groups received eight pictures on aim. Winnipeg had two energy play possibilities that didn’t bear fruit whereas Dallas’ first look with a person benefit got here with 21 seconds to go within the interval.
That energy play carried over into the second interval and Dallas took benefit as Jason Robertson redirected a tough cross from Mikko Rantanen over the blocker of Hellebuyck to open the scoring 48 seconds into the interval.
The Jets responded lower than two minutes later. Perfetti collected the puck within the impartial zone to jumpstart an odd-man rush. He carried the puck earlier than firing a low shot that caught a bit of the stick of Miro Heiskanen earlier than bouncing off the pad of Jake Oettinger proper into the slot. Trailing the play, Vilardi fired the rebound dwelling to tie the sport together with his twenty first of the season.
Winnipeg received an influence play simply over a minute later and made good on it. Off a faceoff win, Perfetti received the puck again to Josh Morrissey on the level. He handed it to Scheifele on the wall, who dropped it low to Vilardi earlier than the Jets first aim scorer discovered Perfetti within the slot for a fast launch aim, his sixth of the season, making it 2-1 on the 3:58 mark.
The Jets held the lead for some time, even surviving a Justin Hryckowian breakaway and a prolonged 5-on-3 however they couldn’t maintain the Stars down ceaselessly as Dallas tied the sport with 4:47 to go within the interval.
Sam Metal crossed the blue line with the puck earlier than sending it throughout to Jamie Benn on the correct wing. The Stars’ captain dropped it over to Matt Duchene, whose shot was stopped by Hellebuyck however Nils Lundkvist received inside Dylan DeMelo in entrance of the web to knock dwelling the rebound.
Each groups received 9 pictures on aim within the second interval.
It stayed tied previous the halfway level of the third earlier than Rantanen scored a doozy of a aim to offer Dallas the lead.
Hryckowian corralled a puck within the impartial zone and left it for Rantanen to take into the Winnipeg finish. He put a slick transfer on Luke Schenn, undressing the Jets blueliner earlier than freezing Hellebuyck and tucking the puck across the goalie’s outstretched pad on the 12:17 mark of the third.
Winnipeg pulled Hellebuyck for an additional attacker with slightly below 2:30 left within the third. Kyle Connor almost tied it when he hit the crossbar, however seconds later the Jets would discover the equalizer.
Connor handed the puck behind the web to Scheifele within the reverse nook. He then fed Stanley for a one-timer that deflected off the stick of Rantanen and fluttered previous a fooled Oettinger with 1:43 to go.
Dallas had management of the puck for a lot of the additional time session earlier than Scheifele received sprung on a breakaway. He tried to beat Oettinger low on the blocker aspect however was denied by Oettinger’s left pad.
The Stars received the puck again and have been in a position to make a line change whereas Scheifele’s group needed to keep out on the finish of a protracted shift. Duchene took the puck into the Winnipeg finish and circled again, creating house for Harley to skate into. Duchene then handed the puck to an unguarded Harley, who used his skate to corral the puck earlier than beating Hellebuyck on the backhand to finish the sport.
The Jets will play their ultimate recreation earlier than the Olympic break Wednesday at dwelling in opposition to Montreal. It’s an earlier-than-usual begin time with the puck dropping just a little after 6 p.m. Pregame protection on 680 CJOB begins at 4 p.m.
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