Jets lose 2-1 to the San Jose Sharks in NHL action on Friday night

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Published Nov 08, 2025 • Last updated 9 minutes ago • 3 minute read

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Jets hockey San Jose Sharks center Will Smith (2) scores a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in San Jose, Calif. Photo by (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) /Winnipeg JetsArticle content

Will Smith scored the game-winner late in the third as the Winnipeg Jets lost 2-1 to the San Jose Sharks on Friday night

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The winner came at 15:39 on a goalmouth scramble after Macklin Celebrini took the puck to the net, the puck bouncing off bodies before Smith came in from the left side and slammed the puck into the back of the net with Connor Hellebuyck lying on his back. Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots for his second consecutive loss.

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The entire sequence was started when Dylan DeMelo turned the puck over in the defensive zone, his cross-ice pass failing to reach a teammate.

The Jets pulled Hellebuyck with 2:13 remaining in the game, but Alex Nedeljkovic closed the door with four saves in the final 35 seconds to preserve the win.

Josh Morrissey scored a first period goal for the Jets. They are tied with the Colorado Avalanche for the seventh most goals scored in the first period, both teams with 14. Winnipeg has lost two consecutive games for the first time this season. The Jets are 7-2-0 when they score the first goal of the game.

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Celebrini also scored a first-period goal for the Sharks. San Jose is tied with the Carolina Hurricanes for the most goals scored in the first period, both teams with 18. Celebrini leads the league in scoring with 23 points heading into league action on Saturday.

According to Natural Stat Trick, the Jets allowed13 high danger scoring chances to the Sharks at even strength. The Jets mustered seven high danger chances against San Jose at five-on-five.

The Jets powerplay has fallen on hard times lately. They misfired twice against the Sharks. The man advantage is 1-14 in the last five games. The Jets penalty kill was 4-for-4 versus San Jose.

The Jets are in Anaheim to play the Ducks on Sunday night.

Ice Chips

Colin Miller, Brad Lambert and Morgan Barron were scratches. At practice in San Jose on Friday, Cole Perfetti’s practice jersey changed from yellow to white. Perfetti has missed 13 games with a high ankle sprain he suffered during the final pre-season game against the Calgary Flames. Dylan Samberg, who broke his wrist against the Fames in the pre-season, is still in a yellow practice jersey. On Monday, head coach Scot Arniel said there is ‘a chance on this road trip, near the end of it’ that both Perfetti and Samberg get some game action.

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Nedeljkovic says ‘No’

The Jets had four Grade ‘A’ scoring chances during the opening 20 minutes. The San Jose netminder turned away Adam Lowry on a short-handed breakaway. He then stopped Vladimir Namestnikov from point blank on the same penalty kill. Nino Niederreiter then fell victim to a stupendous down and out left toe save with the Jets on a power-play. Finally, Nedeljkovic turned away Gabe Vilardi with a right pad save and subsequent puck scramble at the right post at five-on-five. Nedeljkovic had a .936 save percentage in his last two games entering action on Friday night. Nedeljkovic turned aside 31 of 32 shots to earn the win on Friday at the SAP Center.

Number 800

Vlad Namestnikov reached the 800-game plateau on Friday night.

Namestnikov was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the seventh round of the 2011 entry draft. The 32-year-old has suited up for seven teams. The longest stayover was in Tampa for portions of seven seasons. He has played in 189 games over four seasons with the Jets. Namestnikov has 30 goals and 62 assists in his Jets career thus far.

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Namestnikov had two or three high-quality chances to score but couldn’t find the back of the net. After he was denied his first period chance by Nedeljkovic, Namestnikov had an excellent opportunity in the second period when Jonathan Toews put the puck on his stick in the slot, but Namestnikov wired the puck over the net.

Switching it up

Arniel mixed up the lines to start the third period to generate some much-needed offence.

Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele and Nino Niederreiter

Gabe Vilardi, Jonathan Toews

Cole Koepke; Vlad Namestnikov, Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor

Tanner Pearson, Parker Ford and Nikita Chibrikov.

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