WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Patrik Laine scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night in the opener for both teams.
The Finnish winger scored 1:18 into extra time, using speed to create space before beating goalie Jacob Markstrom in tight.
“Hopefully I can just build off that game,” Laine said. “There’s a lot of things I need to look at. The three points isn’t going to tell the whole truth of the game. But it’s a good start.”
Mark Schiefele and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets, and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 shots.
Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Calgary. Markstrom made 30 saves in his Calgary debut after signing a six-year, $36 million deal in free agency.
The Jets trailed 3-1 after one period.
“Sometimes when you’re kind of thinking too much, your feet are in quicksand, you’re looking around too much. Everyone was kind of hoping for things to happen,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “The first game of the season it always kind of happens like that. I think it’s just nerves, in a sense.”
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1of5Winnipeg Jets' Patrik Laine (29) celebrates his overtime goal with Neal Pionk (4), as Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) and Flames' Mark Giordano (5) react during an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)JOHN WOODS/APShow MoreShow Less2of5Winnipeg Jets' Mathieu Perreault (85) gets stopped by Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)JOHN WOODS/APShow MoreShow Less3of5Calgary Flames' Milan Lucic (17) gets checked by Winnipeg Jets' Neal Pionk (4) as Patrik Laine (29) looks for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)JOHN WOODS/APShow MoreShow Less4of5Winnipeg Jets' Paul Stastny (25) celebrates a goal by Kyle Connor on Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)JOHN WOODS/APShow MoreShow Less5of5Winnipeg Jets' Blake Wheeler (26) and Calgary Flames' Juuso Valimaki (6) collide during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)JOHN WOODS/APShow MoreShow Less
Flames: Host Vancouver on Saturday and Monday nights.
