Scheifele scores late to lift Jets past Lightning 4–3
Winnipeg won its third straight after Tampa Bay erased a three-goal lead. Brayden Yager scored his first NHL goal for the Jets.
Mark Scheifele scored with less than two seconds remaining to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4–3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday at Canada Life Centre. With Winnipeg on a two-man advantage, Cole Perfetti found Scheifele for a one-timer.
The Jets led 2–0 after two periods on goals by Perfetti and Morgan Barron. Brayden Yager scored his first NHL goal on a power play at 8:10 of the third to put Winnipeg ahead by three.
Brandon Hagel got Tampa Bay on the board at 10:22. Pontus Holmberg pulled the Lightning within one at 14:01 and tied the game 26 seconds later.
Stuart Skinner made 17 saves for Winnipeg. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 shots for Tampa Bay, whose three-game winning streak ended.
