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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Jets find way to win

It was a lucky day the Winnipeg Jets on St. Patrick’s Day as the local National Hockey League team found found a way to defeat the Montreal Canadiens at BellMTS Place on March 17.

The Jets needed overtime to secure the 4-3 victory over the visiting Canadiens.

Winnipeg opened up a 2-0 lead after the first period as Blake Wheeler scored the games opening goal, which was followed up by Kyle Connor.

Winnipeg and Montreal traded goals during the second period and heading into the second intermission with the Jets having a 3-1 lead.

Montreal owned the third period scoring two unanswered goals, which set the game into overtime tied at 3-3.

Nikolaj Ehlers Emerged as the hero for the Jets when he netted the overtime goal and secured the win for Winnipeg.

The Jets travel to Edmonton for a pair road game against the Oilers on March 18 and 20.

Brook Joneshttps://selkirksettlertimes.ca
Brook Jones is the editor of the Selkirk Settler Times. Jones has 24 years of experience as a multimedia journalist.

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