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Alexandre Carrier of the Montreal Canadiens is sent flying after a check by Adam Lowry of the Winnipeg Jets during the first period of a National Hockey League game in Montreal on Dec. 3, 2025. Photo by John Mahoney /Postmedia NetworkArticle content
Given how they’ve played of late, finishing a five-game trip with one point tucked into their pockets is better than nothing for the Winnipeg Jets.
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Backed by the sparkling goaltending of Eric Comrie, the Jets survived a so-so first period and some wild, back-and-forth moments in overtime before losing, 3-2, in a shootout in Montreal on Wednesday.
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It was the same old story offensively for Winnipeg, with the only goals coming from the top line.
Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor notched their 14th of the season, but the rest of the well was dry once again.
Comrie gave them a chance, though, playing his best game of the season, starring early and late as Winnipeg was out-shot 5-1 in overtime.
“He played absolutely fantastic,” Scheifele told reporters in Montreal. “He’s been playing amazing for us. We haven’t played well enough in front of him to get him some wins. He’s been making a lot of big saves that he doesn’t need to make. He’s been keeping us in games.”
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Final shots were 31 apiece, as the Jets earned their first loser point of the season, falling to 13-12-1.
It was a far cry from their surrender in Buffalo two nights earlier, even if there were still too many shaky moments in their own zone.
“The compete was there,” Scheifele said. “Obviously it sucks we got beat and didn’t get the win. But that was a better blueprint for how our team has got to play. If we play like that, we’ll get some wins.”
His head coach agreed.
“Night and day different from the other night,” is how Scott Arniel put it. “Our compete level, our execution… I don’t think we gave up any odd-man situations. If we did, they were very limited compared to last game.
“I would like the two points but I’m happy with our effort.”
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In the shootout, Cole Caufield scored for Montreal, while Connor and Scheifele were stopped by Jakub Dobes and Gabe Vilardi hit the crossbar.
“It was a fun goalie duel in overtime, a lot of fun battling back and forth with Dobes,” Comrie said. “It’s not going our way right now, but we’re going to find it.”
Coming off one of their worst games of the season, a 5-1 loss that sparked a players-only meeting in Buffalo, the Jets didn’t come out with the fire you might have expected.
The Habs, playing on back-to-back nights no less, had by far the best of the chances in the opening 20 minutes and would have led if it weren’t for the spectacular play of Comrie.
The 30-year-old career backup all but stood on his head after a giveaway by Logan Stanley in his own zone sparked a flurry of chances.
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An Elias Salomonsson turnover forced Comrie to fend off a couple more Grade A’s.
After a slow start, the hitting picked up eventually, too.
When Adam Lowry belted defenceman Alexandre Carrier behind the Montreal net, the Winnipeg captain was challenged to a fight by heavyweight Arber Xhekaj, taking more than he gave.
Nobody hit the scoreboard, though, until Scheifele shook off the constant booing he gets in Montreal (a remnant of his hit on Jake Evans in the playoffs a few years back) to fire one home with 1:26 left in the first.
Connor’s dogged work chasing down a loose puck was the catalyst for Scheifele’s 14th of the year, and the Jets had an unlikely lead after one.
The Jets came out stronger in the second, spending more time in the Canadiens’ end and a little less time causing problems for Comrie – although they still did some of that, too, Dylan Samberg the culprit on a couple of occasions.
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Winnipeg’s Tanner Pearson took the game’s first penalty midway through the second and the Habs’ solid power play made him pay, Juraj Slafkovsky snapping it past Comrie to tie it.
Less than two minutes later, the Jets re-grabbed the lead on a wild shift in the Habs zone that featured a broken Montreal stick, constant pressure by Winnipeg, some big hits and a finish by Connor, set up by Vilardi.
The lead didn’t last.
Barely two more minutes had gone by when Josh Morrissey was out-muscled on a Montreal dump-in, Oliver Kapanen the beneficiary.
By this time the teams were trading chances and dominant shifts, keeping both goalies on their toes in a game that went into the third tied, 2-2.
A Jets power play early in the third came up empty, after which it began to feel like they were simply hanging on instead of taking the play to the Habs.
But Comrie stopped Caufield at close range twice, allowing his team to get to overtime, where he continued to do his thing.
The Jets finish their five-game road trip with a 1-3-1 mark. They return home to face Buffalo on Friday.
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