Scheifele scores twice, Jets top Kings 3-2 with third-period go-ahead

Mark Scheifele scored twice, including the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. Scheifele’s second goal came with 8:13 remaining when he redirected a Josh Morrissey point pass past goalie Darcy Kuemper to give Winnipeg the lead.

Alex Iafallo opened the scoring for the Jets on an early power play in the first period after a feed from Kyle Connor that left Iafallo alone in front of the net. Los Angeles responded in the second period, as Mikey Anderson tied the game 1-1 just 50 seconds into the frame on a screened point shot that beat Connor Hellebuyck, and Adrian Kempe put the Kings ahead 2-1 at 9:12 with a finish off a passing sequence involving Anze Kopitar and Andrei Kuzmenko.

Winnipeg evened the score late in the second. With a penalty kill winding down, Morgan Barron stole the puck and fed Scheifele, who raced in on a partial break and saw his backhand deflect off a Kings defender and through Kuemper with 1:03 left in the period, tying the game 2-2. Scheifele’s winner in the third completed his two-goal night.

Game statistics credited Hellebuyck with 29 saves...