Josh Morrissey scored 41 seconds into overtime giving the Winnipeg Jets a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers Thursday night.
The Oilers opened the scoring halfway through the first, when Ryan Spooner slid a pass from Leon Draisaitl past Connor Hellebuyck for his third of the season. Spooner says the Jets played well in the third though when the Oilers “kind of slacked off a little bit.”
“I think the most important thing for us was we were trying to rim a lot of pucks and it just wasn’t really working. Some credit to them too, they were hard on the forecheck and they were kind of forcing us to do that.”
The Jets came back with two goals in 1:08. Mathieu Perreault walked in front on a power play and beat Cam Talbot with a backhand. Nik Ehlers had his centering pass deflect in off Kevin Gravel to make it 2-1 Jets.
Patrik Laine extended the Jets lead early in the second period. The Oilers came back with a goal from Darnell Nurse that went in off his skate as he was stopping. After video review, it was ruled Nurse did not kick it in. Connor McDavid earned an assist on the play for his 300th career point.
The Oilers took the lead with two goals 1:37 apart late in the second. Jujhar Khaira chipped home a pass from Jesse Puljujarvi, then Alex Chiasson converted a power play feed from McDavid. It was Chiasson’s 13th goal of the season, tying a career high.
The Jets carried the play in the third and tied it on a Mark Scheifele goal with 10:02 left. The Jets outshot the Oilers 17-2 in the period.
McDavid hit the post 20 seconds into the extra session. Morrissey broke down the left wing and beat Talbot glove side with a wrist shot.
Coach Ken Hitchcock says he thought his team had “real good push” in the second period, but the Jets outplayed them in the third. His focus though, is learning from this road trip.
“We played great against Calgary. We had flashes of great play against Colorado but then they dialed it up and we didn’t have an answer. We held on, our goalie was great and then the same thing today.”
The Oilers, 17-12-3, will host Philadelphia Friday night. Catch the game on 630 CHED with the Face-off Show at 5:30 p.m. The game starts at 7 p.m.
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