Winnipeg Jets comeback falls short in Tampa as losing streak hits seven with 6-4 loss to Lightning

The comeback falls short as the Jets fought back to get within one after going down 5-1 after 40 but lose 6-4 to the Lightning. The losing streak hits seven (0-5-2) games.

For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats click here to see the results from the game via Natural Stat Trick.

Notable:

Neal Pionk played in his 600th NHL game.

It was the first time in some time we saw the Jets split up Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor as the usual duo started the game on different lines with the hope that they could help spread the offence.

For the ninth time in 13 games this season the Jets gave up the first goal of the game. Not a good trend if you want to win hockey games.

That 2nd period might have been one of the worst I’ve seen this team play. Mental mistakes that they could ill afford to make happened and it resulted in a 1-1 game after 20 minutes becoming a 5-1 deficit after 40 minutes.

Nico Daws unexpectedly made his Jets debut to start the 3rd as Skinner got the mercy pull.

Dylan Samberg looking like a 40-goal scorer as he redirects that pass by Cole Perfetti. That’s the chemistry of former roommates.

In first 11 games of the season the Jets had three goals from their D as per Dan Robertson on the broadcast. Suddenly they were up to three from them tonight in Tampa Bay. And had the Mario Ferraro goal stood that would have been four. 

Kyle Connor make it a 5-4 game as he does what only he can do rifling home his 10th goal of the season to help this improbable comeback. However, it would fall short as a disconnected 6 on 4 by Winnipeg didn’t really stress out Tampa Bay who took the puck from their end and deposited it into the back of the Jets goal to make it a 6-4 hockey game.

That’s how it would end which means the Jets losing streak hits seven (0-5-2) games.

Multi Point Game:

Mark Scheifele 3A
Neal Pionk 2G
Kyle Connor 1G 1A
Dylan Samberg 1G 1A
Cole Perfetti 2A

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The Jets are in Sunrise tomorrow where they will play the Panthers for the second time in four days. Start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 AM CST tomorrow on illegalcurve.com, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us at 3 PM CT for the Daily Dose of IC and then after the game on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.