Video: Kyle Connor wins longest game in Jets history with goal
Kyle Connor scored a goal in the third overtime period to end the longest game in Winnipeg Jets history.
The Jets and Edmonton Oilers played a three-overtime game on Monday night in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series. The teams were playing on back-to-back nights after the Jets won 5-4 in overtime of Game 4 on Sunday.
Connor took a stretch pass and scored on a breakaway to clinch the sweep for the Jets:
McDavid's chip in gets knocked down and passed to Kyle Connor who wins it in the 3rd OT to eliminate the Oilers pic.twitter.com/Nl8jtfWbTg
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) May 25, 2021
The final three games of the series all went to overtime. In a four-game series, the teams played five overtime periods.
The Jets will face the winner of the Leafs-Canadiens series in the next round.
