Winnipeg Jets at Florida Panthers

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Winnipeg Jets

37-26-3

Final
5 - 4

Florida Panthers

33-27-7

Mark Scheifele scores in OT, Jets beat Panthers 5-4

Vladislav Namestnikov also scored twice, Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and Connor Hellebuyck made 44 saves. Winnipeg had lost seven of eight.

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for Florida. Sam Reinhart and Marc Staal also connected and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.

The Panthers rallied in the third to force overtime, with Staal driving in and firing one off Hellebuyck’s glove 33 seconds in to make it 4-3.

On another power play chance, Tkachuk tied it with his second of the game at 6:24 when he scored on a backhander from the slot.

“The ice was pretty tilted in the third. If you would have told us we would get a point out of it, we would have taken that going into the third,’’ Tkachuk said. “The way we were able to push and dominate the second half of that game, that’s something we need to continue to build on.’’

Florida ended up scoring on three of its five power-play chances. Winnipeg got two of its goals on three power-play opportunities.

“I did not think we were behind the game tonight although the score may have said we were,” Florida coach Paul Maurice said. “We were pretty strong, pretty much in control. We scored power play goals and they scored power play goals; they just did it first. We did not give up a lot 5-on-5 and we had chances to finish it in the third and overtime. We played on back-to-back nights and put up 48 shots on a rested and desperate team.”

Game notes
The Panthers had F Anthony Duclair back in the lineup after he missed their game Friday night against Chicago with an illness. With Duclair playing, Florida scratched D Casey Fitzgerald. … Tkachuk snapped a seven-game goals drought in the first period. His second goal of the night gave him 30 this season. … The two goals by Namestnikov were his first since coming to Winnipeg in a trade deadline deal with Tampa Bay. Namestnikov and the Jets visit the Lightning on Sunday. … Florida D Brandon Montour had an assist on Tkachuk’s first goal, giving 200 NHL points.

UP NEXT

Jets: At Tampa Bay on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

WPG wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 6:43	Mark Scheifele Goal (37) Wrist Shot, assists: Blake Wheeler (32), Kyle Connor (44)
Goal	1st Period 15:03	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Nino Niederreiter (13), Vladislav Namestnikov (12)
Goal	1st Period 16:44	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (29) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Montour (42), Carter Verhaeghe (25)
Goal	1st Period 19:07	Vladislav Namestnikov Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (20), Kyle Connor (45)
Goal	2nd Period 4:09	Sam Reinhart Goal (23) Deflected, assists: Aleksander Barkov (38), Matthew Tkachuk (57)
Goal	2nd Period 12:59	Vladislav Namestnikov Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (21), Blake Wheeler (33)
Goal	3rd Period 0:33	Marc Staal Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Eric Staal (11), Sam Reinhart (25)
Goal	3rd Period 6:24	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (39), Brandon Montour (43)
Goal	4th Period 4:31	Mark Scheifele Goal (38) Wrist Shot, assists: Kyle Connor (46), Nate Schmidt (9)

Statistics

WPG		FLA
19	Blocked Shots	13
31	Hits	37
8	Takeaways	11
27	Shots	48
2	Power Play Goals	3
3	Power Play Opportunities	5
66.7	Power Play Percentage	60.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	35
45.3	Faceoff Win Percent	54.7
7	Giveaways	11
6	Total Penalties	4
12	Penalty Minutes	8

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Sam Reinhart, C	Day-To-Day	Mar 10
Aleksander Barkov, C	Injured Reserve	Mar 10
Brad Marchand, LW	Out	Mar 9
Seth Jones, D	Injured Reserve	Mar 5
Cole Schwindt, RW	Injured Reserve	Mar 1