Jets end road trip with tough overtime loss in Minnesota

ST. PAUL - There were 11 goals combined between the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night, but it's the goal that didn't count that made the difference.
With the Jets leading 5-4, Mark Scheifele potted an empty netter with just over a minute to go to give the Jets a two-goal cushion.
Until the Wild challenged for offside, and Kyle Connor was just a shade offside.
The goal was taken off the board and that seemed to jolt the Wild, who tied the game with under a minute to go in regulation on a goal from Marcus Foligno, then Joel Eriksson Ek scored a power play goal in overtime to hand the Jets a heartbreaking 6-5 overtime loss.
"I thought I was good. Obviously, I looked at too, I was off-side there," Connor said after the game. "Just one of those things, a little attention to detailed by me. It stands out, easy as that."

The Jets (0-2-1), who were without captain Blake Wheeler after he entered the National Hockey League's COVID-19 protocol on Monday, played with 11 forwards and seven defenceman in the road trip finale.
The trio of Scheifele, Connor, and Andrew Copp combined for eight points in the loss - with Connor scoring a pair.
But while there were positives to build on, the loss was still tough to swallow.
"They got some lucky bounces and they ended up in our net," said Scheifele. "We played hard. It was a hard fought game. It was a rivalry game - us versus Minnesota. It was hard fought, fun hockey. Too bad it ended the way it did."
Connor got the Jets offence going with his second of the season just 3:48 into the first period. The Michigan product flew up the left wing and snapped a shot short side on Cam Talbot. Copp and Scheifele picked up assists on the goal.
That lead lasted less than a minute, as Mats Zuccarello pounced on a rebound that the Jets couldn't clear. That tied the game up 1-1 less than five minutes into the contest.
Connor put the Jets back in front with his second of the period at 8:17. Copp's play down the left wing boards went off a body and redirected into the slot where Connor was waiting. The three-time 30-goal scorer made no mistake, hammering a shot into the top right corner to put the Jets ahead 2-1.
Once again, Minnesota came back. This time it was Joel Eriksson Ek on a wrap around, taking advantage of the Wild's second power play of the period.
It put an end to an intense opening period that saw four minor penalties and a fight between Brenden Dillon and Foligno, and countless after the whistle shoving matches.
"I thought this was the first game this year that's had NHL intensity in it," said Jets head coach Paul Maurice. "The game's hard, lots of physicality, lots of good chances at both ends. Both teams were playing hard for their chances.
"We'll try to take some of it, but we'll clean up some things, obviously."
Winnipeg's power play got on the board 5:49 into the second to restore a one-goal lead. Paul Stastny fed Josh Morrissey in the right circle, and the Jets defenceman snapped it on goal quickly. The shot went off Talbot and in, giving the Jets their first goal on the man advantage this season.
The Jets power play finished 2-for-6 on the night.

"Our power play was really good in the first game. We had 12 pucks at the net," said Maurice. "And it wasn't very good the next night and because we gave up the shortie, that's what you're left with. In two out of the three we're good with where we're at."
The seesaw battle continued as the Wild got back on even footing with 3:01 left in the second. Connor Hellebuyck's poke check went off a leg and slid underneath his outstretched right pad. Zuccarello got credit for the goal, his second of the night, and the score was tied at three.
Pierre-Luc Dubois put the Jets in front for the fourth time with their second power play goal. Connor slipped a perfect pass into the slot, and the left-handed Dubois snapped it past a screened Talbot.
It was Dubois' second of the season, and Connor's third point of the game.
The Jets extended the lead with 13:23 left in regulation. This time, Copp came in on a two-on-one with Connor. Copp kept Talbot guessing until the last second, when the Jets forward fired a wrist shot off the bar and in for his second goal of the season.
But it still wasn't enough.
Marcus Foligno then banged in a rebound to pull the Wild back within one with 4:56 left on the clock, then with under a minute to go - and a Jets empty net goal pulled off the scoreboard on an offside challenge - Eriksson Ek tied the game on a weird bounce with 57.7 seconds left.
"I mentally had time to re-set. 'Alright, tie game, going into overtime.' That's how I approached it," said Connor. "We had a couple of good looks in overtime and obviously the penalty, go down 4-on-3, you give a team that much time at 4-on-3 they're pretty dangerous."
With the Jets shorthanded in overtime, Adam Lowry fed Logan Stanley on two-on-one and when he was stopped by Talbot, the Wild came back the other way on a three-on-one.
That's when Eriksson Ek finished off the three-way passing play.
Now the Jets head home for their home opener on Thursday.
"We just have to take this game and get better from it. Not harbour it and dwell on it too long," said Scheifele. "We've got to fix some things and we've got Anaheim in our home opener and we're excited to get back to our fans and have our fans in our building."