Golden Knights 3-2 Jets (December 12, 2024) Game Recap

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Ivan Barbashev scored 3:47 into overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.

Barbashev beat Connor Hellebuyck on the blocking side after a turnover in Winnipeg to score his 14th goal of the season. Vegas has won four straight and improved to 19-7-3.

Keegan Kolesar and Victor Olofsson also scored for the Golden Knights. Shea Theodore had two assists and Adin Hill made 18 saves.

Nikita Chibrikov and Josh Morrissey scored for Winnipeg and Hellebuyck stopped 33 shots. The Jets fell to 21-9-1.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: After a five-day break, the Golden Knights had fresh legs. They outscored the Jets 36-20.

Jets: Winnipeg didn’t attack the net like coach Scott Arniel keeps saying. From the end of the first period to 13:01 of the second period, they went 18:24 without a shot on goal, but then picked up the pace.

Key moment

Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi and defenseman Dylan DeMelo took costly minor penalties late in the third period.

Key statistics

The Jets are 0-6-2 in their last eight regular season games against Vegas.

Next

The Golden Knights are in Edmonton on Saturday. The Jets host Montreal on Saturday evening.

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