Neal Pionk tied the game with his second goal of the season, while Logan Stanley scored his sixth, and second in as many games, late in the second period. Ottawa forced overtime late after a fluke shot from Jake Sanderson with 1:54 remaining, before Brady Tkachuk buried the winner 2:11 into overtime. Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves in his second game back from injury.
Penalty trouble
Like many times this season, the Jets ran into penalty trouble early, allowing Ottawa to control much of the first period. Luke Schenn took a high-sticking penalty against Tkachuk at 11:12, and shortly after the Jets killed it off, Mark Scheifele was sent to the sin bin for holding Ridly Greig’s stick.
Winnipeg went a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill but finished 0-for-2 on the power play. While the PK was strong, untimely penalties once again put the Jets at risk of digging themselves into a hole, something that’s hurt them in recent games.
Stanimal
Stanley’s stick must be a magic wand of some sort, because every time he put the puck on net it felt dangerous.
He gave Winnipeg the lead late in the second period, scoring with 1:25 remaining. Morgan Barron handed the puck off to the 6-foot-7 beast entering the zone, and Stanley beat Linus Ullmark cleanly with a simple wrist shot.
“He’s a scoring machine,” said John Forslund on the Prime Monday Night Hockey broadcast.
And right now, that’s hard to argue. Stanley now has six goals, more than all of his previous seasons combined (five). The “Stanimal” is on an absolute tear, and Jets fans are loving it.
Unlucky bounce
Holding a 2-1 lead late in the third period, the Jets allowed Ottawa to tie things up 2-2 off an unfortunate bounce. Sanderson fired a wrist shot down the middle that deflected off Scheifele’s stick and into the net.