Scheifele scores late as Jets beat Lightning 4-3

The Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on November 8 when Mark Scheifele scored with 1.6 seconds remaining in regulation, finishing a game in which Tampa Bay erased a three-goal deficit before Winnipeg regained the lead on a five-on-three power play.

Scheifele converted a pass from Cole Perfetti at Canada Life Centre. The goal came with two Lightning players serving penalties, according to game accounts. Winnipeg had led 3-0 after Brayden Yager scored his first NHL goal on a power play early in the third period.

Tampa Bay tied the score late in the third on two goals by Pontus Holmberg, scored 26 seconds apart. Brandon Hagel also scored for the Lightning. The late comeback ended when Scheifele’s goal gave Winnipeg its fourth goal and the victory.

The result extended the Jets’ winning streak to three games after they had lost nine straight, according to the Canadian Press account. Tampa Bay’s three-game winning streak ended. Winnipeg went 3-for-5 on power plays, while the Lightning went 0-for-4, the same account reported.

Cole Perfetti and Morgan Barron also scored for Winnipeg, while Yager added the other goal before Scheifele’s winner. Stuart Skinner made 18 saves for...