The Montreal Canadiens had won five straight while the Winnipeg Jets were winless in nine.
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Jets → win → nine
It seemed like a recipe for a good night at the Bell Centre, and it was for the first 57 minutes.
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it → seem → minutes
After that, the strangest thing happened.
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thing → happen → that
It all fell apart as the Jets counted four goals in the final three minutes to force overtime, then won it in extra time for a 5-4 final.
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Jets → fall → final
The Canadiens had only two good shifts in the entirety of the first period.
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Canadiens → have → period
They scored on both of them.
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They → score → them
The next generation of talent was on full display on the first tally as the fourth line continued their excellence.
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line → continue → excellence
Oliver Kapanen had a chance from in tight, but he hit the post.
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he → have → post
It continued and was fed back in front of the slot where Florian Xhekaj made a sensational play.
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Xhekaj → continue → play
The younger brother dove for the puck to keep the play alive passing it perfectly to Owen Beck.
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brother → dive → Beck
He ripped it home for his first goal of the season.
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He → rip → season
Just to add to the beauty of the narrative of young being served, it was Adam Engstrom and Arber Xhekaj on defence for the tally which featured 30 seconds of immense pressure.
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which → add → pressure
The only other good play the entire opening frame was an absolute beauty from Josh Anderson who is going a long way to earning a fresh commitment from Canadiens management.
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who → go → management
He’s a team player, and he shows his best in the playoffs, though this regular season sure is going well.
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season → ’ → playoffs
Anderson fought off his check with excellent body position, then skated to the middle fighting off a second checker before placing a backhand into the top corner from 15 feet.
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Anderson → fight → feet
Montreal Canadiens make it five straight wins edging the Pittsburgh Penguins
Anderson trails only Cole Caufield in goals.
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Anderson → make → goals
Caufield had nine after a power play marker.
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Caufield → have → marker
It was a vital moment for the power play that has been struggling mightily without Nick Suzuki and Ivan Demidov.
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that → struggle → Suzuki
In the third period, they added another.
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they → add → another
Caufield scored into the top shelf, under the bar, from the corner.
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Caufield → score → corner
Caufield faked that he would pass the entire time.
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he → fake → ?
Stuart Skinner went into his Reverse VH, and Caufield ripped it over his shoulder.
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Caufield → go → shoulder
That’s 10 goals in 15 games for Caufield.
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That → ’ → Caufield
He’s on pace to duplicate his 51 from last season.
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He → ’ → season
The Canadiens inability to close out games has been an issue all season long, but it has never been as bad as it was on Tuesday night.
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it → close → night
The fans were singing.
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fans → sing → ?
Everyone in the building was joyous, but the Jets kept trying.
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Jets → keep → building
Jacob Fowler had a Goals Saved Above Expected of nearly four with only three minutes to play.
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Fowler → have → minutes
The Jets then figured it out.
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Jets → figure → it
They scored four goals in the final three minutes to force overtime.
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They → score → overtime
There was one moment that Arber Xhekaj pinched in to cause a Winnipeg goal, and Alexandre Carrier took a late penalty that was unnecessary, but, the truth is that Winnipeg earned that comeback.
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Winnipeg → be → comeback
Montreal relied on amazing goaltending too much of the night.
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Montreal → rely → night
It wasn’t that surprising that they won in overtime either as in Expected Goals the Jets had a 4.76 to 3.25 advantage.
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Jets → win → advantage
Winnipeg deserved the win.
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Winnipeg → deserve → win
For those who like their statistics old school, it was 47-22 shots on goal for Winnipeg.
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it → like → Winnipeg
Juraj Slafkovsky was skating in quicksand.
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Slafkovsky → skate → quicksand
He was so slow on some occasions that it has to be assumed he is injured.
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he → have → occasions
Slafkovsky couldn’t pull away from anyone, and he couldn’t win any puck battle.
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he → pull → battle
It’s been a disappointing start for Slafkovsky with only two goals in 15 games to start the game.
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It → start → game
He always starts slowly, but usually he looks fine.
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he → start → ?
…and 22 more, not listed.
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