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11/03 21:47 CST Samberg lifts Jets past Canadiens 5-4 with OT goal to complete
comeback from 4-goal deficit
Samberg lifts Jets past Canadiens 5-4 with OT goal to complete comeback from
4-goal deficit
MONTREAL (AP) --- Dylan Samberg scored in overtime as the Winnipeg Jets snapped
a nine-game losing streak by storming back from a four-goal deficit to beat the
Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Montreal led 4-0 when Cole Caufield scored his second of the game and 10th of
the season 46 seconds into the third period.
But Winnipeg scored four goals in 2 minutes, 8 seconds to tie the game with 32
seconds remaining in regulation on Kyle Connor's power-play strike, his second
goal of the game.
It was the latest four-goal comeback in NHL history.
Tyrel Bauer and Morgan Barron started the rally to break Montreal goalie Jacob
Fowler's shutout bid for the Jets, who were coming off a 7-0 loss to the
Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
Stuart Skinner made 18 saves, while Mark Scheifele and Dylan Demelo had two
assists each.
Owen Beck and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal and Juraj Slafkovsky added
two assists. Fowler stopped 42 shots. On Beck's goal, Arber Xhekaj and Florian
Xhekaj became the first brothers to record a point on the same Canadiens goal
since Andrei Kostitsyn and Sergei Kostitsyn on Jan. 17, 2009.
Nick Suzuki missed his sixth consecutive game with a hand injury. The Canadiens
captain had played 546 straight regular-season games to begin his NHL career.
He appears close to returning after practising without any obvious limitations
Monday and Tuesday morning.
Winnipeg reunited its prolific top line of Scheifele, Connor and Gabriel
Vilardi in search of a spark. The Jets piled on the shots and eventually broke
Fowler late in the game.
Up next
Jets: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Canadiens: Host the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night.
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