Mark Scheifele scored with 1.6 seconds left as the Winnipeg Jets stunned the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Sunday, 8 November 2026, at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, after blowing a three-goal lead.
Scheifele’s game-winner came on a 5-on-3 power play at 19:59 of the third period, a one-timer from the left circle off a Cole Perfetti feed. It was the NHL’s latest game-winning goal in regulation since Ryan Graves on 14 February 2023. The Jets went 3-for-5 on the power play; the Lightning went 0-for-4.
Winnipeg had led 3–0 on second-period goals from Perfetti, on the power play at 1:53 of the second, and Morgan Barron, plus Brayden Yager’s first NHL goal — also his first NHL point — on a power play at 8:10 of the third.
Tampa Bay then tied the game in a 4:07 burst. Brandon Hagel scored, then Pontus Holmberg scored twice in 26 seconds to make it 3–3 with 5:33 left.
Viggo Bjorck had two assists for Winnipeg, and Erik Cernak had two assists for Tampa Bay. In goal, Stuart Skinner made 18 saves for Winnipeg, while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 of 25 for Tampa Bay.
Winnipeg improve to 7–8–3, having won three straight after dropping nine straight. Tampa Bay fall to 11–4–2, with a three-game winning streak snapped as they open a three-game road trip.
The Jets next host New Jersey on Tuesday, 11 November, when the Devils bring former Jet Connor Hellebuyck back to Winnipeg. The Lightning visit Buffalo on Wednesday, 12 November.
It was a big night for Canadian hockey, from the Oilers beating the Canucks 4-2 in Edmonton to the Canadiens beating the Maple Leafs 4-2 in Toronto. Scheifele’s buzzer-beater topped them all.
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