Tampa Bay Lightning at Winnipeg Jets

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Tampa Bay Lightning

7-5-0

Final
4 - 7

Winnipeg Jets

11-1-0

Jets use balanced scoring attack in 7-4 victory over the Lightning

Kyle Connor extends point streak to 12 games

Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti added empty-net goals for the Jets, who lead the NHL with 22 points this season.

It was a milestone goal for Ehlers, who became the highest-scoring Danish NHLer of all time with 474 points.

Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele, Logan Stanley and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets.

Nikita Kucherov, Mitchell Chaffee, Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel replied for Tampa Bay.

Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg. Jonas Johansson stopped 27 shots for Tampa Bay.

Takeaways The Lightning gave the Jets all they could handle. Kucherov had a two-point effort, including his 10th goal of the season.

The Jets keep showing resilience. The Lightning jumped out to an early 2-0 lead but Winnipeg pulled even early in the second period and never trailed from there.

Key moment Stanley laid out a crunching, open-ice bodycheck on Luke Glendening early in the third period. Zemgus Girgensons responded by fighting Stanley, but was given an instigator penalty, fighting major and misconduct. Winnipeg scored on the ensuing power play.

Key stat Winnipeg outshot Tampa Bay 34-30.

Up Next The Lightning wrap up a four-game road trip in St. Louis on Tuesday, while the Jets host Utah on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

WPG leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 6:49	Brandon Hagel Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 8:02	Brayden Point Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (10), Victor Hedman (10)
Goal	1st Period 12:23	Vladislav Namestnikov Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Morrissey (12)
Goal	2nd Period 5:49	Logan Stanley Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (9)
Goal	2nd Period 7:36	Mark Scheifele Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Gabriel Vilardi (6)
Goal	2nd Period 8:39	Mitchell Chaffee Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (8), Nick Paul (7)
Goal	3rd Period 4:03	Alex Iafallo Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Nino Niederreiter (5), Cole Perfetti (7)
Goal	3rd Period 6:51	Nikita Kucherov Goal (10) Poke, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 7:38	Dylan Samberg Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Kyle Connor (10), Dylan DeMelo (2)
Goal	3rd Period 17:15	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Scheifele (9), Vladislav Namestnikov (6)
Goal	3rd Period 19:23	Cole Perfetti Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Morrissey (13)

Statistics

TB		WPG
5	Blocked Shots	13
16	Hits	31
6	Takeaways	5
30	Shots	34
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
39	Faceoffs Won	33
54.2	Faceoff Win Percent	45.8
8	Giveaways	7
6	Total Penalties	4
31	Penalty Minutes	19