- Kyle Connor scored twice, including the winner with one minute left, as the Jets beat the Avalanche 3-2
- Colorado’s loss leaves Anaheim as the NHL’s only undefeated team, while Josh Morrissey left with an injury
- Read below and watch the video of Mark Scheifele’s feed on the game-winning goal
Kyle Connor waited until the last minute to finish off the Avalanche.
The Jets winger buried the game-winner with exactly 60 seconds left in regulation Wednesday, handing Colorado its first loss of the season in a 3-2 Winnipeg win at Canada Life Centre.
Mark Scheifele did the heavy lifting on the play. He threaded a cross-ice pass through traffic, and Connor snapped a catch-and-release wrister from the hashmarks past Mackenzie Blackwood at 19:00 of the third.
Watch the video of the Scheifele feed and Connor’s winner:
That was Connor’s second of the night. He tied the game 1-1 early in the second period with a waist-high tip of a Neal Pionk point shot while parked in front of Blackwood.
Winnipeg’s sniper now has five goals and seven points through four games. Two of those came on the power play last weekend in a win over the Red Wings.
Cole Perfetti also scored for the Jets, getting a piece of a Dylan Samberg point shot with his skate late in the second. Jaden Schwartz and Fedor Svechkov each had a goal and an assist for Colorado, with Svechkov tying it 2-2 at 12:35 of the third.
Stuart Skinner made 32 saves. The Jets are 3-0-1 and have points in all four games, all without Connor Hellebuyck, who remains away from the team after requesting a trade. With the Avs now 2-1-0, the Ducks are the last undefeated team in the league.
It wasn’t all good news for the Jets, though. Josh Morrissey went hard into the glass after Avalanche forward T.J. Hughes ducked out of his hit in the final seconds of the first period.
Take a look at the play where Morrissey got hurt:
Morrissey came out for one shift to start the second, then headed down the tunnel. The Jets ruled him out for the rest of the game with an upper-body injury:
The 31-year-old had logged 9:32 before leaving and entered the night averaging 23:35 a game. Winnipeg is already thin on stability this season after the Hellebuyck saga, and losing its top defenseman for any stretch would sting.
