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Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets

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Vegas Golden Knights
19-7-3
Final
3 - 2
Winnipeg Jets
21-9-1

Ivan Barbashev scores in overtime to lift the Golden Knights past the Jets, 3-2

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Winnipeg Jets: Game Highlights

Barbashev beat Connor Hellebuyck on the blocker side after a Winnipeg turnover for his 14th goal of the season. Vegas has won four in a row to improve to 19-7-3.

Keegan Kolesar and Victor Olofsson also scored for the Golden Knights. Shea Theodore had two assists, and Adin Hill made 18 saves.

Nikita Chibrikov and Josh Morrissey scored for Winnipeg, and Hellebuyck stopped 33 shots. The Jets dropped to 21-9-1.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Coming off a five-day break, the Golden Knights had fresh legs. They outshot the Jets 36-20.

Jets: Winnipeg wasn’t attacking the net like coach Scott Arniel keeps talking about. They went a span of 18:24 without a shot on goal, from late in the first period until 13:01 of the second, but picked it up after that.

Key moment Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi and defenseman Dylan DeMelo took costly minor penalties late in the third.

Key stat The Jets are 0-6-2 in their last eight regular-season games against Vegas.

Up next The Golden Knights are at Edmonton on Saturday. The Jets host Montreal on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:27 Nikita Chibrikov Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Vladislav Namestnikov (10), Cole Perfetti (13)
Goal 3rd Period 4:34 Keegan Kolesar Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 10:55 Josh Morrissey Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Dylan DeMelo (4), Alex Iafallo (5)
Goal 3rd Period 18:11 Victor Olofsson Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (17), Shea Theodore (20)
Goal 4th Period 3:47 Ivan Barbashev Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (21)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 25
27 Hits 31
13 Takeaways 7
36 Shots 20
1 Power Play Goals 0
4 Power Play Opportunities 1
25.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 23
54.0 Faceoff Win Percent 46.0
13 Giveaways 15
1 Total Penalties 4
2 Penalty Minutes 8

Game Information

Canada Life Centre

Location: Winnipeg, MB
Attendance: 13,320 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 28 9 59 3
Edmonton 25 12 53 3
Los Angeles 23 10 51 5
Vancouver 18 12 45 9
Calgary 19 14 45 7
Anaheim 17 18 39 5
Seattle 17 21 37 3
San Jose 13 24 32 6

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 28 12 58 2
Minnesota 26 11 56 4
Dallas 25 13 51 1
Colorado 25 15 51 1
St. Louis 19 19 42 4
Utah 17 15 41 7
Nashville 13 21 33 7
Chicago 13 25 28 2
Full Standings