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Scheifele's 5-on-3 One-Timer Wins It for Jets at the Buzzer

A last-second two-man power-play goal underscored the decisive value of special teams for Winnipeg and handed the club a short confidence-boosting streak.

Tall buildings and cranes are in the background. A sign reading "Winnipeg" is in the foreground. It's a downtown skyline of the city of Winnipeg. Team logos for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets are superimposed on the image at the top corners.
Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) celebrates his game-winning goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with Gabriel Vilardi (13) during third period NHL action in Winnipeg on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade

Overview

  • Mark Scheifele finished a Cole Perfetti feed with a one-timer on a 5-on-3 power play with 1.6 seconds left to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  • Winnipeg built a 3-0 lead on goals by Cole Perfetti, Morgan Barron, and Brayden Yager, whose third-period power-play goal was his first in the NHL.
  • Tampa Bay erased the deficit in a 4:05 span late in the third when Brandon Hagel and Pontus Holmberg, who scored twice, produced a dramatic comeback that was undone by the late penalty sequence.
  • Special teams decided the game as the Jets converted three of five power plays while the Lightning went 0 for 4, with the game-winner coming on a two-man advantage.
  • The win extends Winnipeg's run to three straight after a nine-game winless stretch, highlights impact from AHL callups like Yager, and leaves Tampa Bay coping with reduced forward depth after Brayden Point’s in-game exit.