Scheifele’s late power-play goal lifts Jets over Lightning 4-3

WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele scored with 1.6 seconds remaining in the third period to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.

With the period winding down and the Jets on a 5-on-3 power play, Scheifele converted a pass from Cole Perfetti before firing home a slapshot to seal the win at Canada Life Centre.

Tampa Bay tied the game 3-3 with a pair of Pontus Holmberg goals 26 seconds apart late in the third period.

Morgan Barron, Brayden Yager and Perfetti also scored for Winnipeg (7-8-3), which extended its win streak to three games after dropping its previous nine. Rookie Viggo Bjorck tallied two assists.

Stuart Skinner made 18 saves for the Jets.

Holmberg scored twice and Brandon Hagel added the other goal for Tampa Bay (11-4-2), which snapped its three-game win streak as the Lightning opened a three-game road trip. Defenceman Erik Cernak added two assists.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 shots for the visitors.

Winnipeg went 3-for-5 on the power play, while Tampa Bay was 0-for-4.

TAKEAWAYS

Lightning: Tampa Bay started strong but looked sluggish for much of the game before exploding for three third-period goals. Cernak put Winnipeg on the two-man advantage late by gloving the puck and throwing it up ice.

Jets: Winnipeg’s sleepy power play erupted for three goals, including the game winner. Bjorck has three points in his last two games after going pointless through the first 16.

KEY MOMENT

Tampa’s Holmberg was given a double-minor penalty in the third period for high-sticking Yager minutes into the third period, leading to Yager scoring his first NHL goal on the ensuing man-advantage to put the Jets up 3-0.

KEY STAT

Winnipeg scored the opening goal for a second consecutive game after allowing the first goal in 13 of its previous 15. It was vital that the Jets took the lead first as Tampa Bay is 8-0-1 when scoring first.

UP NEXT

Lightning: Visit the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.

Jets: Host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2026.

Jeff Hamilton, The Canadian Press