With hardworking goals in the third period by Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry, this is a game the Jets let slip through their fingers and should have won. Although the Jets trailed 2-0 going into the third period, they kept pace with the vastly more experienced and powerful Capitals; winning the battles in the corners and held the edge in possession numbers. They were able to rally back and get the crowd back into it, as well as the momentum, until the clock had 30 seconds remaining in regulation and the Capitals Jay Beagle worked one in behind Connor Hellebuyck to secure the victory and send the Winnipeg Jets faithful home deflated.
Both the Jets Patrik Laine and the Caps Alex Ovechkin failed to register a point
