The Jets eventually scored to take the lead on Mario Ferraro’s goal with 8 seconds left in the period — though very few knew exactly how much time was remaining.

“I hate excuses, but yes, [it made it] a little bit difficult,” said coach Marco Sturm, who had to manage a power play during the outage. “It’s just one of those moments. We had to do a better job. That’s on us. But yes, without seeing [a clock], I thought we had less time honestly, and we didn’t. So, that was a little bit on me, too.”

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Bruins center Elias Lindholm said it was a strange feeling to be winging it blind, so to speak.

“It was definitely new for me. I don’t know if I’ve been a part of something like that on NHL level, but yeah, it was just different for sure,” said Lindholm. “Obviously we had a power play there, no clue how much time was left and so on. And then the ref is kind of showing fingers, how many seconds is left and so on. So, it’s definitely weird and different, but, no excuses for letting in that goal, just got to be better.”

If nothing else, it made Lindholm realize just how often he checks the clock during the course of a game.

“Yeah, a lot. I don’t know exactly, but more than I think. Obviously, you look, check how many minutes are left and seconds and so on,” said Lindholm, who tied the game late in the third of the Bruins’ 4-3 overtime win. “So, obviously maybe we would’ve done something different [defending Ferraro] knowing there was a couple seconds left, but we won the game, so we’ll take 2 points.”

Hitting a dubious milestone

When Nikita Zadorov, he of the new man bun look, was whistled Saturday night for a minor slash on Minnesota’s Matt Boldy, it gave the big Bruins defenseman 1,000 career penalty minutes. He became the 394th NHLer to hit that number.

Zadorov, who led the league in penalty minutes in each of his first two seasons in Boston, has just that one infraction through three games.

The 14-year veteran is nowhere near joining the all-time penalty minute leaders.

The top five, you ask? Tiger Williams (3,971), Dale Hunter (3,565), Tie Domi (3,515), Marty McSorley (3,381), and Bob Probert (3,300).

Want to know how Jeremy Swayman keeps those leg pads ivory clean white? “Magic Eraser,” said the Bruins goalie as he shined them up following a morning skate in Winnipeg. Informed that “Magic Eraser” might make a good nickname for a goalie, Swayman laughed and said, “Yeah, but I think I’ll stick with ‘Bulldog.’ ” Fair enough … Mason Lohrei, who grew up in Wisconsin, has been sporting his Brewers cap as he cheers on the Milwaukeeans in their pursuit of a first World Series title … The Bruins have three straight home games this week before they start an 11-day, four-game trip through California and Dallas. The journey starts in San Jose with an Oct. 13 game that starts at the ungodly hour of 11 p.m. Eastern … By the way, if you’re making the trip to see the Sharks game, check out Original Joe’s on First Street for the best chicken parm this side of Hanover Street … The Penguins’ Andrei Kuzmenko returned to the team last week following his father’s death from a bear attack in Russia. Kuzmenko detailed the horrific ordeal to reporters, including a stunning detail. “My father fight [the] bear [for] one hour, 10 minutes, and he still lived after two days and a big shock [before dying].” … Hard not to get choked up watching 105-year-old World War II veteran Dominick Critelli perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” on his soprano saxophone at the Islanders’ home opener Saturday … Shout out to Ebony at the Delta customer service counter at Reagan National for working hard to get a certain sports reporter out of D.C. after some flight disruptions during the recent Nor’easter.

Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com. Follow him @globejimmcbride.