Mark Scheifele scored a power play goal with 1.6 seconds remaining and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 at Canada Life Centre on Sunday, November 8, 2026, after blowing a three goal lead in the third period. Scheifele one timed a cross ice pass from Cole Perfetti during a 5-on-3 advantage, a finish detailed in NHL.com’s official game recap, and it stood as the league’s latest regulation game winning goal since February 2023.
Winnipeg led 3-0 with ten minutes left and nearly lost everything. Tampa Bay scored three times in the third period, including two goals in 26 seconds, before two late penalties handed the Jets a two man advantage in the final minute. One pass and one shot later, the collapse became a third straight win for a team that had lost nine in a row before this run.
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Perfetti, Barron And Yager Build The Lead
After a scoreless first period, Perfetti opened the scoring at 1:53 of the second, one timing a short pass from Scheifele for a power play goal from the slot. Morgan Barron made it 2-0 at 12:38, ten seconds after a Jets penalty kill ended, taking a cross ice feed from Neal Pionk and scoring from the right circle. Stuart Skinner was steady at the other end and finished with 18 saves.
The third goal carried the night’s other headline. Brayden Yager scored his first NHL goal at 8:10 of the third period, banging in a back post feed that Viggo Bjorck touched across from Alex Iafallo’s pass to the crease, on the power play, in his sixth NHL game.
“That was really cool,” Yager said. “Mom, dad and grandpa were here, so it was pretty cool to do it in front of them. Just a great play by Viggo there that touched it over to me, and I had a pretty wide open net. Unbelievable feeling. Dream come true.”
Tampa Bay Erases Three Goals In One Period
The Lightning, playing the second game of a back to back after an overtime win in Minnesota on Saturday, refused the script. Brandon Hagel cut the lead to 3-1 at 10:22, stealing momentum with a forehand deke after Anthony Cirelli took the puck from Yager below the goal line. Then Pontus Holmberg scored twice in 26 seconds, at 14:01 and 14:27, both times burying rebounds at the left post, the second with his backhand from behind the net. In four minutes and five seconds, a 3-0 game was tied 3-3.
Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper pointed to the schedule rather than any single player afterward. His team had gone to bed at 3 a.m. after travel, he said, and still rallied from three down in the final period for the second straight night. The cost came at the end. Yanni Gourde, playing his first game of the season after hip surgery, was penalised for tripping in the final minute and Erik Cernak was called for closing his hand on the puck, giving Winnipeg the 5-on-3 that decided the game. Brayden Point also left the game in the first period with an undisclosed injury, and Cooper said he might miss some time.
“Don’t quit until the buzzer, and that was exactly that,” Scheifele said of the winning play, crediting Perfetti and Gabriel Vilardi for winning the puck in the corner. “Cortisol levels can’t handle that. Way too much stress and anxiety. At the end of the day, we’re happy with the win and we’ll move on to the next one.”
A Win Streak With A Familiar Face Next
The numbers frame what Winnipeg survived. Scheifele’s goal at 59:58 matched the latest regulation winner in the league since Ryan Graves scored at the same time on February 14, 2023, and it extended Scheifele’s point streak to three games with six points. The Jets are 7-8-3, winners of three straight after a nine game losing run, and Dylan Samberg played his 300th NHL game in the win. Tampa Bay falls to 11-4-2, losing in regulation for the first time in seven games despite Andrei Vasilevskiy’s 21 saves.
Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel called the season an 18 game wave and credited his leadership group for holding the room together through the losing streak and the goaltender trade that sent Connor Hellebuyck to New Jersey on October 23. That trade walks back into the building next. The Jets host Hellebuyck and the Devils on Tuesday, November 10, days after Hellebuyck shut out Toronto in his return storyline game. Winnipeg arrives at that reunion with momentum, a buzzer beater fresh in memory, and a warning from Sunday night about what happens when a lead is treated as finished before the clock agrees.
