Jets' Cole Perfetti scores game-tying goal with 1.6 seconds left; Winnipeg knocks out Blues in double OT

There was yet again different Stanley Cup Playoffs classical connected Sunday night, arsenic the Winnipeg Jets are heading to the adjacent circular aft defeating the St. Louis Blues successful Game 7 successful miraculous fashion. 

This crippled needed treble overtime to find the Jets arsenic the 4–3 winners, but it was truthful adjacent to the Blues walking retired of the Canada Life Centre with the roadworthy victory. 

The Jets emptied their nett and watched arsenic the seconds ticked disconnected the timepiece successful the violative zone, conscionable hoping for a changeable connected nett to springiness them a accidental astatine the 3-3 necktie and the crippled successful overtime. 

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Winnipeg Jets halfway Cole Perfetti, #91, celebrates aft his extremity against the St. Louis Blues successful the 2nd play successful crippled 7 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine Canada Life Centre. (James Carey Lauder-Imagn Images)

Nikolaj Ehlers got that accidental erstwhile the puck came to him astatine the bluish line, and helium sent a rocket toward the net, but helium whiffed connected the one-timer. However, the puck came close backmost his way, and alternatively of attempting different slap shot, helium swung it implicit to Neal Pionk connected the close wing. 

Pionk rapidly sent the puck toward the net, and Perfetti was close determination for the extremity that made it past Blues netminder Jordan Binnington arsenic the timepiece deed 1.6 seconds left. It bushed the buzzer and the assemblage went ballistic, knowing the Jets inactive had a accidental to determination connected successful the playoffs. 

It was a Game 7 infinitesimal nonrecreational athletes imagination about, but it would not person meant overmuch if they could not seal the deal. 

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Almost 2 afloat overtime periods went by with some teams seeing chances to notch the aureate goal. 

Who amended than the skipper of the Jets, Adam Lowry, coming distant the leader with 3:50 near successful treble overtime? 

Pionk sent different changeable toward the net, this clip from the bluish enactment and Lowry’s instrumentality was the archetypal happening it touched, and the redirect could not person been better. Binnington did not spot the puck deed the crystal and gaffe past him, and the Jets instantly celebrated. 

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, #50, blocks a changeable by Winnipeg Jets near helping Nikolaj Ehlers, #27, successful archetypal overtime successful crippled 7 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine Canada Life Centre. (James Carey Lauder-Imagn Images)

The unthinkable decorativeness came 1 nighttime aft Mikko Rantanen sent the Dallas Stars to the adjacent circular implicit his erstwhile Colorado Avalanche squad with a third-period chapeau trick, including the empty-net extremity to crystal the win. 

Well, that is precisely who the Jets volition beryllium gathering successful the 2nd round, arsenic they are acceptable to look the Stars for different best-of-seven bid to spot who volition beryllium playing successful the Western Conference Final. 

Looking much astatine the container score, Perfetti had a power-play extremity for Winnipeg successful the 2nd period, which got the Jets connected the committee aft falling 2-0 successful the first. Jordan Kyrou and Mathieu Joseph were the goalscorers for St. Louis there. 

Radek Faksa scored his archetypal of the playoffs with conscionable 35 seconds near successful the 2nd period, which surely enactment a damper connected the location assemblage heading into the third. 

Winnipeg Jets halfway Cole Perfetti, #91, celebrates aft his extremity against the St. Louis Blues with teammates near helping Kyle Connor, #81, and defenseman Neal Pionk, #4, successful the 3rd play successful crippled 7 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine Canada Life Centre. (James Carey Lauder-Imagn Images)

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However, Vladislav Namestnikov scored with conscionable nether 2 minutes to play successful the 3rd period, giving Winnipeg anticipation earlier Perfetti’s heroics saved the season. 

Despite the losing efforts, Binnington made 43 saves crossed the astir 5 afloat periods of work. His counterpart, Connor Hellebuyck had 26 saves.  

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