WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele had a goal and three assists for the Winnipeg Jets in a 7-4 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.
Paul Stastny scored two goals, and Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves for the Jets (25-22-10), who had lost six of eight (2-4-2). Blake Wheeler had two assists, his 500th and 501st with the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves for the Lightning (37-13-6), who had won seven of their past eight games.
Pierre-Luc Dubois gave the Jets a 4-3 lead at 7:25 of the third period with a power-play goal, before Kyle Connor extended it to 5-3 at 9:16 on a shorthanded breakaway.
Josh Morrissey made it 6-3 at 14:48, scoring into an empty net.
Ross Colton cut it to 6-4 at 17:15 before Stastny scored into an empty net at 17:29 for the 7-4 final.
Scheifele gave the Jets a 1-0 lead at 4:19 of the first period, scoring with a backhand after Logan Stanley hit the post on a shot from the point.
Adam Lowry made it 2-0 at 6:11, scoring on his own rebound following a tip in front.
Ryan McDonagh cut it to 2-1 at 11:50 with a wrist shot on a 2-on-1 rush.
Stastny extended it to 3-1 at 14:36.
The Lightning tied it with two goals in a span of 1:29. Alex Killorn made it 3-2 at 16:01 and Victor Hedman tied it 3-3 at 17:30 on a wrist shot from the slot.
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