Because of Adam Lowry’s double time beyond regulation objective, the Winnipeg Jets had been capable of win an on the spot traditional Sport 7 on Sunday in opposition to the St. Louis Blues, 4-3, to advance to the second spherical of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Whereas profitable a Sport 7 in double time beyond regulation is thrilling sufficient by itself deserves, it doesn’t even start to explain the insanity that was this recreation for the Jets.
And the disappointment that it’ll find yourself being for the Blues.
Winnipeg trailed by two objectives getting into the third interval, 3-1, and on the verge of a shocking upset loss at residence because the No. 1 seed within the Western Convention once they nonetheless trailed by two objectives with two minutes to play.
That was when Vladislav Namestnikov scored with 1:58 to play to chop the deficit to at least one.
That set the stage for Cole Perfetti to attain some of the dramatic objectives in latest playoff historical past when he tied the sport with simply 1.5 seconds to play.
