{"id":583098,"date":"2026-04-05T04:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/583098\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:32:08","slug":"jets-nhl-playoff-hopes-still-alive-as-winnipeg-bests-columbus-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/583098\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets&#8217; NHL playoff hopes still alive as Winnipeg bests Columbus 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Connor scored twice and the Winnipeg Jets overcame an early deficit to beat Columbus 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping their NHL playoff hopes alive and sending the Blue Jackets to their sixth straight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg moved to 78 points, a point out of the final wild-card berth in the crowded Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Connor tied it with 1:46 left in the second period, and scored the winner with 9:02 left in the third. He has 36 goals this season. Mark Scheifele had his 59th and 60th assists, and Connor Hellebuyck made 15 saves.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Provorov scored for Columbus, which has lost four straight at home and remains outside the Eastern Conference wild-card picture. Jet Greaves stopped 23 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Provorov scored on Columbus&#8217;s first shot 1:17 into the game. It was the Blue Jackets&#8217; 57th goal by a defenceman this season, a franchise record.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus then went more than 25 minutes without another shot as Winnipeg took control.<\/p>\n<p>Up Next:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jets: Host the Seattle Kraken on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jackets: Visit the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-583098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}