The Minnesota Wild defeated the Winnipeg Jets 6-5 in overtime on Tuesday after a hectic end to the game.
The Jets appeared to be well on their way to a victory late in the contest when Mark Scheifele scored an empty-netter to put Winnipeg up 6-4. The play was challenged by Wild coach Dean Evason for being offside, and it was ultimately overturned.
OFFSIDE. MINNESOTA HAS LIFE pic.twitter.com/7KIaukJCde
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) October 20, 2021
The Wild wasted no time tying things up following the reversal.
🚨ERIKSSON EK TIES IT🚨 pic.twitter.com/5fsM6dW4He
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) October 20, 2021
The game went to overtime, and the Wild were handed a power play after Kirill Kaprizov was hooked by Josh Morrissey. Minnesota made no mistake with the man advantage, capping the game off with a beautiful tic-tac-toe play that resulted in a Joel Eriksson Ek hat trick.
CAPS LOCK GAME WINNER HOCKEY IS BACK IN MINNESOTA BABY!! @mnwild pic.twitter.com/tpfJgCT0zp
— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) October 20, 2021
With the win, the Wild moved to 3-0-0 on the year while the Jets remain without a victory, dropping to 0-2-1.
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