EDMONTON — Mark Scheifele scored the winner at 3:53 of overtime as the Winnipeg Jets Oilers emerged with a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday in a game between two struggling squads.
Josh Morrissey sent the puck toward the net and it was redirected by Scheifele past Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner in the extra session.Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard replied for the Oilers who have lost two straight.
The Oilers had a quick start to the game, scoring just 1:25 into the contest. McDavid dropped the puck to a pinching Nurse, who beat Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck glove-side for Edmonton’s first goal by a defenceman this season. The Jets responded with a power-play marker of their own midway through the first, as Morrissey unleashed a bomb of a slap shot through traffic that beat Skinner.
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