Connor strikes lightning fast in overtime, delivering a thrilling 4-3 victory for the Jets against the rival Wild.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kyle Connor scored 46 seconds into overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 win against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena on Tuesday. Connor took a pass from Mark Scheifele and scored with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle to the far side.

The Wild found a way, rallying with three goals to take the lead early in the third before blowing it in a 4-3 overtime loss at Grand Casino Arena. Johansson’s goal, three minutes into the third, had given the Wild the lead.

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After Marcus Johansson gave the Wild the lead for the first time of the night with a power play goal at 3:48 of the third, the Jets turned a corner. The new look line of Morgan Barron, Gustav Nyquist and Nino Niederreiter went to work at 11:35, the Swiss forward hammered home a loose puck behind Filip Gustavsson at 11:35.

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The Minnesota Wild are having enough trouble snapping out of their current funk let alone a years-long rut. They lost their ninth in a row to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night at Grand Casino Arena,

On Wednesday, the Utah Mammoth inked former Gophers forward Logan Cooley to an eight-year contract extension that will pay him an average annual value of $10 million. In his lone season in Dinkytown, Cooley led the Gophers with 22 goals and 38 assists in 39 games as the 2022-23 team made it to the NCAA title game in Tampa.