CALGARY – The Winnipeg Jets failed to cash in on huge rebound opportunity Saturday night.
After a rather inauspicious start to the 2017-18 NHL season three nights ago, the Jets kicked off a three-game road trip with a solid first period in Calgary but couldn’t stand the heat in the second as the Flames went on to torch the Jets 6-3 in NHL action.
Winnipeg is winless in two tries after opening with a 7-2 defeat to the Toronto Maple Leafs, while the Flames evened their record at 1-1-0.
Goals by Brandon Tanev, Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine propelled the Jets to a 3-1 first-period lead, but defensive miscues and penalty troubles – the banes of their existence last season and in the loss to the Leafs – allowed the Flames to storm back with four unanswered in the middle frame and then, inexcuseably, another just 16 seconds into the third.