Connor scores overtime winner for Winnipeg Jets in Chicago | CBC News


Connor scores overtime winner for Winnipeg Jets in Chicago | CBC News

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A Winnipeg Jet wearing No. 81 skates.
Kyle Connor, seen here in action last month in Dallas, scored the overtime winner for the visiting Winnipeg Jets in Chicago Tuesday night. (Julio Cortez/The Associated Press)

Kyle Connor scored 33 seconds into overtime to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win over the Chicago hockey team on Tuesday night.

Josh Morrissey, Isak Rosen and Cole Perfetti also scored, and Mark Scheifele added three assists for the Jets, who were coming off a 4-2 win over the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche.

Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice and Anton Frondell also scored for Chicago, which has lost four in a row.

Bertuzzi’s wrist shot 9:46 into the third period sent the game to overtime.

Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves in the win for the Jets. Spencer Knight made 20 saves for the Blackhawks.

The Jets won 66.7 per cent of the faceoffs in the game.

Up next

Jets: Visit Dallas on Thursday.

Chicago: Start their final road trip of the season at Edmonton on Thursday.