In Winnipeg, the Jets blew a three-goal lead in the third period on Monday, but recovered enough to take a 4-3 win in extra time over the Carolina Hurricanes. 
Josh Morrissey hit for his second goal of the night near the midway point of the extra session to get the Jets the two points.
“We were able to create a turnover and control the puck,” Morrissey said. “I just took off when one of their guys changed. [Dubois] made a great heads-up pass. Just saw a hole and tried to shoot. I wasn’t going to get too fancy.”
David Rittich made 25 saves in the Jets win.
“We were really good, we didn’t give them much,” Rittich said. “That’s what we’ve talked about since [training] camp: to be resilient, to work hard, to play 60 minutes, to do right things at right times, which we’re doing.”
Winnipeg improved to 11-5-1.
With the Jets up 3-0 in the third, Carolina rallied on three straight goals. Jaccob Slavin, who cut the lead to 3-;, Andrei Svechnikov scored to get the Canes within one, 3-2, at 16:52.
“It’s a crazy game, number one. You just never know,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We were out of that game in the third, and they just kind of dug in just said, ‘Let’s go.’ I give the guys credit for not giving up. You don’t want to get down three, but it was good that we didn’t give up.”
Martin Necas forced the extra session with 39 seconds left in regulation.
“There wasn’t much going on 5-on-5, and it changed the momentum a little bit.” Necas said. “We got a nice goal from [Slavin] and we just played the same way and got a couple more goals, which was just huge.”
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the first period for Winnipeg, and Michael Eyssimont scored in the second period to give the Jets a 2-0 lead.
“It was a one-knee drop on my forehand,” Eyssimont said. “I had quite a bit of net to shoot at, and there were some bodies flying around the net. I just had to tap it in.”
Pyotr Kochetkov made 19 saves in the Canes loss.
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