Mark Scheifele scored the go-ahead goal on the power play in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Sunday night at Canada Life Centre.
Cole Perfetti opened the scoring on the power play at 1:53 of the second period, with assists from Scheifele and Haydn Fleury. Morgan Barron made it 2-0 at 12:38 of the second period. Brayden Yager made it 3-0 on the power play at 8:10 of the third period. Brandon Hagel pulled the Lightning within 3-1 at 10:22 of the third period.
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Pontus Holmberg pulled the Lightning within 3-2 at 14:01 of the third period. Holmberg tied it 3-3 at 14:27 of the third period. Scheifele put the Jets ahead 4-3 on the power play at 19:58 of the third period, with assists from Perfetti and Gabriel Vilardi.
For Winnipeg, Perfetti had a goal and an assist, Scheifele had a goal and an assist, Viggo Björck had two assists, Barron and Yager each scored, and Stuart Skinner stopped 18 of 21 shots.
For Tampa Bay, Holmberg had two goals, Erik Cernak had two assists, Hagel scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 of 25 shots.
Winnipeg outshot Tampa Bay 25-21. Winnipeg went 3 for 5 on the power play, and Tampa Bay went 0 for 4. The Jets improved to 7-8-3. The Lightning dropped to 11-4-2.
The Jets sit 10th in the Western Conference and have won three straight. The Lightning sit fourth in the Eastern Conference. The season series is tied 1-1. Tampa Bay won the first meeting 6-4 on Oct. 29.
The Jets are back in action when they host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Lightning are back in action when they visit the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
