Scheifele scores on power play with 1.6 seconds left to lift Jets past Lightning, 4-3
Associated Press
Nov 8, 2026 8:27 PM
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored on a 5-on-3 power play with 1.6 seconds left and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Sunday after blowing a late three-goal lead.
Scheifele scored on a one-timer from the high slot off a feed from Cole Perfetti.
Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) scores the game winning goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning's goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
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After Brayden Yager gave Winnipeg a 3-0 lead on a power play at 8:10 of the third with his first NHL goal, the Lightning tied it in a 4:07 burst. Brandon Hagel scored with 9:38 to go, and Pontus Holmberg struck twice — with 5:59 left and 5:33 remaining.
Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) celebrates after his winning goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Perfetti, Morgan Barron and Brayden Yager also scored for Winnipeg (7-8-3), and Stuart Skinner made 18 saves. The Jets have won three in a row after dropping nine straight.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 shots for Tampa Bay (11-4-2) in the opener of a three-game trip The Lightning had won three in a row.
Winnipeg Jets' Cole Koepke (45) collides with Tampa Bay Lightning's Jeff Viel (25) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Winnipeg went 3 or 5 on the power play, and Tampa Bay was 0 for 4.
Winnipeg Jets' Neal Pionk (4) checks Tampa Bay Lightning's Nikita Kucherov (86) into goaltender Stuart Skinner (74) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Lightning: At Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Jets: Host New Jersey on Tuesday night.
Winnipeg Jets' Dylan DeMelo (2) cross-checks Tampa Bay Lightning's Pontus Holmberg (29) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
