The excellent news for the Winnipeg Jets is that their factors streak continued Wednesday night time in Chicago.
The dangerous information is that, regardless of outplaying the Blackhawks for the majority of the night time, the Jets dropped a 2-1 time beyond regulation resolution due to the heroics of Connor Bedard.
The Jets weren’t displaying any indicators of a turkey hangover to start out the sport, tilting the ice closely of their favour within the opening minutes however with out something to point out for it on the scoreboard.
That included a pair of abbreviated energy play alternatives, the primary of which ended after 55 seconds when Vladislav Namestnikov took a tripping penalty, the second of which lasted 1:43 when Philipp Kurashev tripped Mason Appleton shortly earlier than Namestnikov’s penalty expired.
Winnipeg held Chicago with out a shot on objective for the opening 14:56 of the interval however a few minute after that first shot, the Blackhawks opened the scoring due to their famous person rookie.
After a failed zone exit by the Jets, Connor Murphy arrange Bedard for a one-timer on the faceoff dot. The primary shot was stopped so Bedard put the rebound on objective by placing his stick between his legs. That too was stopped however a 3rd whack on the puck despatched it previous Connor Hellebuyck to make it 1-0 with simply over 4 minutes to go within the first.
Winnipeg outshot the Blackhawks 13-5 within the opening interval and continued to carry the sting in play, resulting in the equalizer early within the second.
Moments after Namestnikov hit the crossbar, Morgan Barron carried the puck into the Chicago zone and wired a wrister that beat Petr Mrazek five-hole to make it 1-1 3:47 into the center body.
One other Jets energy play got here and went with out a shot on objective earlier than the Blackhawks got a controversial energy play late within the second interval.
As Adam Lowry drove the online, he tried to deflect a cross from Mason Appleton however he was obstructed by Murphy, sending Lowry into Mrazek who was fully exterior the crease. Lowry was referred to as for goaltender interference on the play, drawing protests from the Jets as Chicago started the third with 1:49 of energy play time.
The Jets killed it off however Chicago began to wrestle management of the sport away from Winnipeg as Hellebuyck needed to made a number of saves within the early portion of the third.
Winnipeg got here near taking the lead across the halfway level when Dominic Toninato and Namestnikov every hit the publish lower than a minute aside, the fourth and fifth photographs to strike iron on the night time for the Jets.
One other nice alternative for the Jets got here and went after they got a fourth energy play of the night time with 2:56 to go however once more Winnipeg couldn’t come by means of, sending the sport to time beyond regulation.
After a chaotic two minutes of motion, Bedard collected the puck in his personal finish, skated up the ice unimpeded and ripped a wrister previous the glove of Hellebuyck from the excessive slot to ice the sport for Chicago along with his first profession time beyond regulation winner.
Mrazek earned the win with 37 saves whereas Hellebuyck turned apart 23 photographs in defeat because the Jets fall to 8-1-2 in December.
Winnipeg will host its annual Abilities Competitors at Canada Life Centre Thursday night time earlier than internet hosting Minnesota Saturday at 1 p.m.