EDMONTON — Kyle Connor scored the overtime winner as the Winnipeg Jets came away with a narrow 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.
Cole Perfetti, Josh Morrissey and Brandon Tanev also scored for the Jets , who have won four of their last five.
Jeff Skinner had a pair of goals and Zach Hyman also replied for the Oilers , who saw their three-game winning streak halted. The Oilers were without the NHL’s leading goal-scorer Leon Draisaitl, who is out day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Connor McDavid was also absent for the third period, leaving the game with an upper-body injury after being slashed by Morrissey.
Connor Hellebuyck made 20 stops to collect the win in net for the Jets, while Stuart Skinner recorded 13 saves for the Oilers before being involved in a late-game net front collision and removed due to concussion protocols.Jets: Hellebuyck seems like a lock to win a second straight Vezina Trophy and the third of his career. The Michigan native came into the contest with a league-leading .924 save percentage and 2.05 goals-against average.
Oilers: Skinner was elevated up to the top line with McDavid for the second game in a row and made the most of it with his two goals, his first points since Feb. 23.After Hyman tied the game 3-3 with 5:34 to play in the third, Winnipeg was able to get the extra point in overtime following a big save by Hellebuyck on Hyman. The Jets did a solid job cycling in the Edmonton zone before dropping it back to Connor who wired home his 37th goal of the season on Pickard.
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