In a game that I had already given up on after it became 2-0 (I even turned the TV off and headed downstairs to blog about it and listened to the comeback on online radio then quickly turned the TV back on) the Jets battled back late in the third in a game dominated by the Capitals. With goals 12 seconds apart by Evander Kane (tying his career high 19th) and Dustin Bufuglien from center that fooled Tomas Vokoun to send the game into overtime that solved nothing, Little and Wheeler both scored on their first attempts in the shootout and Ondrej Pavelec stopped two out of three, only allowing a quick shot from Alex Ovechkin as the Winnipeg Jets incredibly beat the Washington Capitals 3-2.
This was a huge character and confidence-building win. And one earned on the road at that, which the Jets are solely needing. With the home stretch of the season in which every point is immeasurable, let's hope they can keep it up. And who knows, maybe this is the game that turns things around for the Jets and propels them into the playoffs.
But boy, as far giving up on them; that'll teach me.
