It wasn't pretty. But it was entertaining. And by that I mean it was another exciting come back win by the Winnipeg Jets, this time over the Florida Panthers 4-3 in a shoot-out. This one was much needed.
It wasn't the blow-out I was more or less predicting based on Patrik Laine going balistic after his own-goal on Sunday in Edmonton, although Laine did register a point with an assist on Dustin Byfuglien's first period goal that opened the scoring. Mark Scheifele was also held goalless.
Nikolaj Elhers was the sniper-that-wasn't tonight. He had six shots tonight with some beautiful dangling through most of the Florida defense core. But as he has been the last dozen games or so, he just couldn't find the back of the net. A strong performance by Roberto Luongo didn't help matters.
Matheiu Perreault ended it in the seventh round of the shootout to end the Jets four-game winless skid (0-3-1) and give the Jets their 14th win of the season and a much-delayed 31st point to place them fourth in the Central division and one point behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second and last wild card spot in the West.
Connor Hellebyuck recorded his second-highest save performance this season with 41 denials.
