There was the more-than-decent start against Edmonton, but the rest of the Winnipeg Jets’ pre-season had been near forgettable until Tuesday’s third period.
That’s when the Jets suddenly perked to life, scoring three goals to climb out of a 3-0 deficit and adding another in three-on-three overtime to edge the Ottawa Senators 4-3 at the MTS Centre.
The crowd of 15,294 had to wait a long team for the home team to get going, but witnessed the first win of the exhibition season. Winnipeg is now 1-2-2.
Mark Scheifele delivered the overtime winner two minutes in as the Jets hogged the puck, twice chopping it back towards goalie Ondrej Pavelec when they had no play.