Kings winning streak ends at seven with OT loss to Jets

WINNIPEG -- Mark Scheifele scored 32 seconds into overtime, and the Winnipeg Jets ended the Los Angeles Kings' seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory at Canada Life Centre on Saturday.

Scheifele one-timed a shot from the top of the left face-off circle for his first goal of the season.
"It was a great pass by [Nikolaj Ehlers]," said Scheifele, who played his ninth game. "It felt good to end that one. It was a grind of a game, and we started to pick our game up toward the end of that third period and play a little more grinding style. You need to be able to pull those ones off in this league."
Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for the Jets (8-3-3), who are 4-1-1 on a seven-game homestand that concludes Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers.
Dylan DeMelo scored shorthanded to tie the game 2-2 at 13:36 of the third period, ending a 132-game goal drought that dated to March 21, 2019, while he was playing for the Ottawa Senators.
"You play [defenseman], you're not maybe relied on to score but you want to contribute, and there's no feeling like scoring," DeMelo said. "It was nice to get that one, and the timing was crucial, and to be able to contribute in that sense it feels really good. I don't do it often so I'm happy to contribute and get a big goal for us."

Carl Grundstrom and Brendan Lemieux scored for the Kings (8-5-2), who ended a four-game Canada road trip with their first loss since Oct. 28 (3-2 to the Jets in Los Angeles). Cal Petersen made 20 saves.
"Any time you go into the third period with a lead and you don't get two points, it [stinks]," Lemieux said. "It feels like a loss, but in the grand scheme of things, we definitely see this trip as a win. We got back to playing road hockey the way that we should. We made some strides with our team that I think we're definitely going to remember for the rest of the year and we've got a good foundation to build a successful, hopefully playoff, hockey team."
Kyle Connor gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead at 1:59 of the first period when he scored on the rebound of his own shot. He has a three-game goal streak.
Grundstrom tied it 1-1 at 4:02 of the first, scoring on the rush from the right face-off circle.
"We played tight and we didn't give them anything for free," Grundstrom said. "They have a really good forward corps so we didn't want to let them get anything for free today, and I think we did a good job."

Lemieux made it 2-1 at 14:22 of the second period when he scored on the rebound of a Blake Lizotte shot.
"We had a tenacity to us that was real good," Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. "I think we had a really good hockey club frustrated. Two special situations -- one on the power play and one in overtime -- gave them a chance at a win. That part is disappointing."
DeMelo's goal came in his 76th game with Winnipeg since being acquired in a trade with Ottawa on Feb. 18, 2020.
"That's a big one for him," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "Everybody kind of knows it's been a while for him. So much more impactful, the kind of goal, shorthanded and late in the game. So he gets to hold on to that one for a while. That's good for the room."