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Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets

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Vegas Golden Knights
19-7-3
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3 - 2
Winnipeg Jets
21-9-1

Ivan Barbashev scores in overtime to lift the Golden Knights past the Jets, 3-2

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Winnipeg Jets: Game Highlights

Barbashev beat Connor Hellebuyck on the blocker side after a Winnipeg turnover for his 14th goal of the season. Vegas has won four in a row to improve to 19-7-3.

Keegan Kolesar and Victor Olofsson also scored for the Golden Knights. Shea Theodore had two assists, and Adin Hill made 18 saves.

Nikita Chibrikov and Josh Morrissey scored for Winnipeg, and Hellebuyck stopped 33 shots. The Jets dropped to 21-9-1.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Coming off a five-day break, the Golden Knights had fresh legs. They outshot the Jets 36-20.

Jets: Winnipeg wasn’t attacking the net like coach Scott Arniel keeps talking about. They went a span of 18:24 without a shot on goal, from late in the first period until 13:01 of the second, but picked it up after that.

Key moment Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi and defenseman Dylan DeMelo took costly minor penalties late in the third.

Key stat The Jets are 0-6-2 in their last eight regular-season games against Vegas.

Up next The Golden Knights are at Edmonton on Saturday. The Jets host Montreal on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:27 Nikita Chibrikov Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Vladislav Namestnikov (10), Cole Perfetti (13)
Goal 3rd Period 4:34 Keegan Kolesar Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 10:55 Josh Morrissey Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Dylan DeMelo (4), Alex Iafallo (5)
Goal 3rd Period 18:11 Victor Olofsson Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (17), Shea Theodore (20)
Goal 4th Period 3:47 Ivan Barbashev Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (21)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 25
27 Hits 31
13 Takeaways 7
36 Shots 20
1 Power Play Goals 0
4 Power Play Opportunities 1
25.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 23
54.0 Faceoff Win Percent 46.0
13 Giveaways 15
1 Total Penalties 4
2 Penalty Minutes 8
Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Jets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nikita Chibrikov, RW Out Apr 30
Elias Salomonsson, D Out Apr 30
Neal Pionk, D Out Apr 16
Vladislav Namestnikov, C Out Apr 16
Gustav Nyquist, RW Out Apr 16
Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE

Game Information

Canada Life Centre

Location: Winnipeg,
Attendance: 13,320 | Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/vgk.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vegas 39 26 95 17
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Edmonton 41 30 93 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ana.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Anaheim 43 33 92 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Los Angeles 35 27 90 20
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">San Jose 39 35 86 8
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sea.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Seattle 34 37 79 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cgy.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Calgary 34 39 77 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/van.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vancouver 25 49 58 8

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/col.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Colorado 55 16 121 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/dal.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Dallas 50 20 112 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Minnesota 46 24 104 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/uta.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Utah 43 33 92 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/stl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">St. Louis 37 33 86 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nsh.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Nashville 38 34 86 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wpg.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Winnipeg 35 35 82 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/chi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Chicago 29 39 72 14
Full Standings