The Winnipeg Jets' losing streak has hit 10 games.
On Tuesday, in front of home fans for the first time in four games, the Jets gave up 2-0 and 3-2 leads, ultimately falling 4-3 in overtime to the visiting Vegas Golden Knights for their tenth-straight loss.
Luke Schenn scored his first goal as a Jet, Cole Perfetti got his first goal in 16 games, while Kyle Connor found his 20th goal of the season, but it wasn't enough to beat the visitors on Tuesday.
The Jets got on the board just 5:16 into the game, with Perfetti snapping an ugly goal scoring streak with his third of the season and just first goal in 16 games. He had just only points in the month and change since scoring his second of the year back on November 29.
The youngest player on the Jets' roster was the beneficiary of a nice spinning pass from veteran Jonathan Toews. He got Perfetti the puck on the doorstep, who only needs to tap it past Carter Hart in goal off his backhand for the 1-0 marker.
Things took a scary turn as local product Keegan Kolesar sent Haydn Fleury hard into the end boards, which required a lengthy delay, EMS and a stretcher to get the defenceman off the ice.
The Jets later reported that Fluery was transported to hospital via ambulance but had movement in all extremities before leaving the downtown venue.
Winnipeg led narrowly on the scoreboard and shot chart (5-4) through 20 minutes of play.
The middle stanza belonged to Luke Schenn.
He finally scored his first goal as a member of the Jets (42 total games played over the past two seasons) on a sneaky wrist shot from the point. His long-range floater beat Hart cleanly and bounced directly down off the crossbar and into the net, giving Winnipeg a 2-0 lead 12:04 into the frame.
Skating in career game No. 1,100, Schenn later flattened Kolesar at centre ice, drawing quite a rouse form fans at Canada Life Centre.
But then, following the script, the Golden Knights' lone goal of the stanza was a pass that deflected off Schenn before landing on the stick of Winnipeg's own Mark Stone, who batted it into the net past Connor Hellebuyck on a late period Vegas power play.
Haydn Fleury is wheeled off the ice on a stretcher by EMS after taking a hard fall into the end boards.
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Keegan Kolesar, a Winnipegger, was the offender on the play.
He made sure to give Fleury a pat as he was pushed by the Golden Knights’ bench as a sign of sportsmanship. pic.twitter.com/7gkDczJHYn
The Golden Knights took over the shot lead in the second, pulling ahead 14-9 after 40 minutes of play.
Eventually the dam broke, as another Manitoban, Brett Howden, tied things up for the visitors, pounding home his eighth of the season from the high slot midway through the third period.
But not to be outdone, Connor pounded home the go-ahead marker with 5:04 to play in the frame.
Moments after being denied on the doorstep from point-blank range, Connor got a second chance at it and beat Hart five-hole for his 20th of the year.
However, Reilly Smith had other plans, needing just 59 seconds to tie the game once again, sending it to overtime with the visitors outshooting Winnipeg 27-15.
An eventful extra frame saw both teams trade chances on the fly, as well as a penalty to Dylan Samberg leading to a Vegas power play with 50 seconds to play. Tomas Hertl deflected a Mitch Marner point shot past Hellebuyck with just 13 seconds remaining, sealing the deal on the Jets' 10th-straight loss.
Hellebuyck made 27 stops on the 31 pucks sent his way, while Hart turned aside 17 of the 20 shots he faced on the night.
Next up for Winnipeg is the continuation of the five-game homestand, as the Edmonton Oilers roll into Manitoba for a Thursday night, all-Canadian matchup. That game can be viewed live on TSN at 7:00 PM central.