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Lightning visit Jets after overtime win

The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Winnipeg to face the Jets on November 8, coming off a 4-3 overtime win over the Minnesota Wild. Tampa Bay is 11-3-2 overall, while Winnipeg has a 6-8-3 record. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. EST in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The teams have already met once this season, with Tampa Bay winning 6-4. The Lightning are 7-1-2 over their last 10 games, averaging 4.3 goals and allowing 3.1 per game. Winnipeg is 2-7-1 in its last 10, scoring 2.4 goals and giving up 3.7 per game.

Kyle Connor leads the Jets with 13 goals and six assists. Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel has tallied eight goals and added nine assists. Winnipeg’s listed absences include Josh Morrissey, Nick Bjugstad, Vladislav Namestnikov and Elias Salomonsson; Haydn Fleury is day to day. Yanni Gourde is out for the Lightning.

Reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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