The Winnipeg Jets are one of many hottest groups within the NHL in the mean time, however Monday night time they wanted extra time to place away one of many league’s worst squads.
Alternate captain Mark Scheifele discovered a rebound and buried it previous San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vaneck for the 2-1 victory.
The sport-winning rating wasn’t simply vital to sustaining the workforce’s standing as the highest workforce within the Western Convention however it was additionally history-making for Scheifele.
It was his 329th profession objective which allowed him to cross Ilya Kovalchuk (328) for the most in the franchise’s history.
The Jets relocated from Atlanta in 2011, once they had been referred to as the Thrashers, and re-established the long-time Winnipeg workforce which had left for Arizona in 1996.
Scheifele is now the primary participant in franchise historical past to personal that report having spent his complete profession in Winnipeg after the relocation (drafted in 2012).
