Scheifele Scores With Two Seconds Left as Jets Beat Lightning 4-3

Mark Scheifele scored a power play goal on a slap shot with two seconds left in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The goal broke a 3-3 tie and settled a game that turned twice in the final period. Cole Perfetti and Gabriel Vilardi had the assists on the winner.

A scoreless start, then Winnipeg take control

Neither team scored in the first period. Winnipeg took charge in the second period. Morgan Barron scored to put the Jets ahead, and Cole Perfetti added a second goal in the same period. Winnipeg led 2-0 after two periods and had kept Tampa Bay off the scoreboard for 40 minutes.

Yager scores his first NHL goal

Brayden Yager stretched the lead in the third period. His power play goal made it 3-0 with 11 minutes and 50 seconds left in the game, and it was the first NHL goal of his career. The goal came on a four minute power play. Pontus Holmberg had high sticked Yager in the face and drawn blood, and Yager scored on the power play that followed, with the primary assist going to Viggo Bjorck. Yager had been recalled from the Manitoba Moose on November 5.

Tampa Bay score three to tie it

Tampa Bay answered with three goals in the third period. Brandon Hagel scored first and cut the lead to 3-1. Holmberg then scored twice, and the Lightning tied the game 3-3 after trailing 3-0. Holmberg stood at both ends of the third period story. His high stick gave Winnipeg the long power play for the Yager goal, and his two goals then pulled Tampa Bay level. The comeback wiped out the Winnipeg lead, but Scheifele won the game on a late power play with two seconds left.

Special teams shaped the scoring all night. Winnipeg went 3 for 5 on the power play, scoring three times with the extra man, including the Yager goal and the Scheifele winner. Tampa Bay went 0 for 4 on its power play chances.

The final numbers

Stuart Skinner made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves on 25 shots in the loss. Winnipeg outshot Tampa Bay 25-20. Perfetti finished with a goal and an assist, Scheifele had a goal and an assist, and Bjorck recorded two assists.

Two Tampa Bay notes came out of the third period. Defenseman Erik Cernak left the ice in discomfort with his left leg during a Jets power play. Reports from the game noted the moment, and no team update had been issued when this report was filed, so no diagnosis is stated here. Brayden Point played only 5 minutes and 35 seconds for Tampa Bay. The sources for this report gave no reason for his low ice time.

The period scores tell the shape of the night. The first period ended 0-0, Winnipeg won the second period 2-0, and Tampa Bay won the third period 3-2, with the last of those five third period goals scored by Scheifele at the end.