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'It's terrible. It's a terrible part of hockey,' Byfuglien criticizes 3-on-3

Their first experience in the NHL’s regular season with three-on-three overtime didn’t end well for the Winnipeg Jets.

And they were sour about it today.

"It’s terrible. It’s a terrible part of hockey. It’s not hockey," Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien said this morning after his team lost 4-3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning here Friday night.

"It ain’t hockey. It’s ‘Just let the kids play.’ It’s stupid.

"Just keep it four-on-four, five-on-five. Let’s just play hockey."

The Jets dropped to 4-2-1 on the season when Ondrej Palat scored on a three-on-one rush at 36 seconds of Friday’s overtime.