The Minnesota Wild hosted the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday evening, October 28, in their first of four meetings this season. The Wild were left without Zach Bogosian, Mats Zuccarello and Nico Sturm, but they had Marcus Foligno back after he missed their previous game. The injured Jets were Adam Lowry, Dylan Samberg and Cole Perfetti. Both teams had losses: the Wild against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday, October 26, and the Jets also lost to the Utah Mammoth on Sunday.
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Filip Gustavsson was in net for the Wild, while Connor Hellebuyck was in net for the Jets. The game started in favor of the Jets, but the Wild fought back to tie the score in the final period. Both teams registered a goal in the third to make it 3–3, and overtime was needed. The Jets scored less than a minute into overtime take the win 4-3. This moved the Wild to a record of 3-5-3 and the Jets to 7-3-0.
Summary of the game
The Jets got on the scoreboard first with two goals 22 seconds apart, and both came off odd bounces. The first goal was scored by Gabriel Vilardi after a shot from the tip of his chest bounced off his stick, where he fired past Gustavsson. He was assisted by Logan Stanley and Neal Pionk.
The second goal was another strange deflection that seemed to miss the net but went in instead. The goal was scored by Vladislav Namestnikov and he was assisted by Pionk and Stanley to make the score 2–0. Despite some close calls for both sides as the period progressed, these were the only two goals, and the Jets took the lead in the second period.
The Wild responded in the second with a goal from Kirill Kaprizov to get his team back within one. He was assisted by Matt Boldy and Jared Spurgeon to make it 2-1. The Wild equalized later in the period when a shot hit the glass and bounced off Hellebucyk into the net. The goal was scored by Brock Faber and he was assisted by Marco Rossi and Vinnie Hinostroza. That was the last goal of the period and the teams entered the final period tied 2-2.
The Wild took their first lead of the game on a power play early in the third period. The goal was scored by Marcus Johansson and he was assisted by Faber and Rossi to make it 3–2. The Jets answered back later in the period with a goal from Nino Neiderreiter. He was assisted by Gustav Nyquist and Morgan Barron to make it 3–3. Those were the only goals of the third and overtime was needed to determine a winner. The Jets got the game winner 46 seconds into overtime from Kyle Connor. He was assisted by Mark Scheifele and Josh Morrissey.
The Wild will continue their homestand against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, October 30. The Jets also return home to host the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.
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