Jets 3, Penguins 2: Perfetti Nine Seconds After the Tie

October 5, 2026 - Pittsburgh - Declan Carlile tied it at 8:53 of the third. Nine seconds later Cole Perfetti one-timed Josh Morrissey from the high slot, and PPG Paints Arena had a 3-2 Winnipeg lead that held. The NHL recap put those two goals that close. The NHL box matches the names.

The Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2. Winnipeg is 2-0-1 after a 3-2 win at Detroit on Sunday. Pittsburgh is 2-1-0, first loss after outscoring opponents 13-5 in the first two games, the NHL recap said. Shots were 34-32 Winnipeg. Attendance was 17,767.

Clay Stevenson stopped 30 of 32 in his Jets debut. The NHL recap said Winnipeg claimed him off waivers from Washington on Sept. 28. He had made 33 saves here in a 5-2 Capitals loss on April 17, 2025. Sergei Murashov stopped 31 of 34. Neither goalie is seeded on AthX.

Scoreless first, Kindel in the second

The first period was 0-0. Ben Kindel opened it at 9:27 of the second, redirecting Carlile's pass out of the air at the net front. The NHL recap said it was waved off for a high stick, then a review found Kindel's stick was not above the crossbar. 1-0 Pittsburgh.

Rickard Rakell told the NHL recap Pittsburgh had a good start and then got impatient. Sidney Crosby put five shots on Stevenson in 19:27 and left without a point. Evgeni Malkin had four shots in 17:47. Same blank.

Kyle Connor led all skaters with six shots. Mark Scheifele had three in 21:18. Neither scored.

Three Jets goals in 4:19

Alex Iafallo tied it at 4:43 of the third. The NHL recap said Isak Rosen's shot went off Erik Karlsson's stick to Iafallo, who tucked it inside the right post from below the goal line. 1-1.

Adam Lowry made it 2-1 at 7:08, a backhand on a loose puck in the crease after Iafallo drove the net. Iafallo got the assist.

Carlile, a defenseman with two career goals in 46 games entering the year, tied it at 8:53 from Kindel. 2-2. Then Perfetti, nine seconds later. Morrissey the helper. 3-2. The NHL recap said Perfetti has five points (two goals, three assists) in three games.

Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel told the NHL recap it was more mental than physical: stay in structure, get the puck below the goal line. Stevenson, in the same recap: "No quit."

Kris Letang played 23:23. Karlsson played 24:00 with an assist. Morrissey played 23:50 with the winner helper and two PIM. Dylan DeMelo had an assist and two blocks in 22:24. Dylan Samberg blocked three. The AP recap said Winnipeg outhit Pittsburgh 23-11.

Kindel, 19, scored in consecutive games for the second time in the NHL, the NHL recap said. The last time was three straight from Jan. 25-31 last season. He is the third teenager in 30 years to do that more than once, joining Crosby (14 times) and Jordan Staal (five times). Carlile scored for the second straight game.

Connor's six shots led the building. Perfetti had four. Gabriel Vilardi had three. Pittsburgh's five-shot night from Crosby and four from Malkin did not move the scoresheet. Tommy Novak had two shots. Rickard Rakell had two.

The Jets host Colorado on Wednesday. Pittsburgh visits Washington that night.

AthX Engine on a 3-2 third-period board

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Stevenson at 12.60 (win, 30 saves, two goals against), the top goalie line on a four-game Monday. Carlile is 9.80. Iafallo is 7.70. Kindel is 7.70. Perfetti is 6.40. Lowry is 5.10. Murashov is 8.80 on 31 saves and three goals against.

Winnipeg's team line is 16.60. Pittsburgh's regulation loss is 1.40.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a Jets club that has now won two 3-2 road games in two nights, and for a Penguins group that just took its first L. They are not the same number.

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*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020042. Information only; not financial advice.*