WINNIPEG -For the first time this season, the Winnipeg Jets found themselves in a shootout on Friday night in the finale of a four-game home stand.
Unfortunately for the fans inside Bell MTS Place, it was the visiting Buffalo Sabres who left the building with the win, when Connor Sheary's snap shot went bar down on Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit in the seventh round.
Kyle Connor scored in regulation for the Jets, then added another in the shootout. Line mate Patrik Laine had the other Jets goal in the skills competition, but in the end, the Jets ended the four game stretch at home with seven of a possible eight points.
"It's not perfect, but it's pretty darn close," said Blake Wheeler, who had his 11-game point streak snapped. "There are some things we can definitely build upon."
Jets fall in a shootout to wrap up home stand
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