Hockey
Jets stun Canadiens 5-4 in OT: the latest four-goal comeback in NHL history
On Tuesday night at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens led 4-0 with 2:39 left in regulation. Two minutes and six seconds later, it was 4-4. At 3:30 of overtime, Dylan Samberg beat Jacob Fowler to give the Winnipeg Jets a 5-4 win — the latest four-goal comeback ever recorded in NHL history.
Four goals in 2:06: the sequence
It started at 17:21 of the third period, when Tyrel Bauer scored his first career NHL goal to cut the deficit to 4-1. Forty-two seconds later, Morgan Barron converted a 2-on-1 rush. Then Kyle Connor struck twice in a flurry, including the equalizer at 19:27 — with 32 seconds on the clock — to complete the most improbable of rallies. Overtime lasted just 3:30: set up by Adam Lowry and Gabriel Vilardi, Samberg sent the Jets bench into a frenzy and silenced the Bell Centre crowd.
Nights like these turn on small things: a first goal that plants doubt, a team that takes half a step back, and suddenly the momentum flips like a sail catching wind. Winnipeg, which had gone winless since October 13 and was shut out 7-0 by Carolina the night before, suddenly found magician's hands. Stuart Skinner faced little traffic and made 18 saves; Fowler stopped 42 of 47 shots — and let in all five.
A record nearly 20 years old
The NHL confirmed it overnight: no team had ever erased a four-goal deficit that late in a game and gone on to win. The previous mark belonged to the Los Angeles Kings, set on November 10, 2007. For Winnipeg, the win ends a nightmarish nine-game winless skid (0-7-2) and is worth its weight in gold in the standings — but more than that, it gives this group a reference game, the one you pull out in the locker room on the nights when nothing is working.
The Canadiens' bitter point
Montreal had delivered 57 solid minutes. Owen Beck had opened the scoring at 3:05 of the first — his first goal of the season, from the top of the left circle. Josh Anderson and then Cole Caufield, twice on the power play, had made it 4-0, with two assists from Juraj Slafkovsky. But Nick Suzuki was still missing, out for a sixth straight game with a hand injury, and the finish looked like a team that had already put its skates away.
The five-game winning streak is over, but the salvaged point is no small thing: it extends the point streak to eight games (6-0-2) and moves the record to 9-3-3. Still, the image is hard to erase: a four-goal lead, at home, evaporating in 126 seconds.
Thursday: turn the page
No time to dwell: the Utah Mammoth arrive at the Bell Centre on Thursday at 7 p.m., and the Canadiens will need to prove this third period was a one-off. The Jets, meanwhile, host the Vancouver Canucks the same night, riding brand-new momentum. One thing is certain: in the 2026 NHL, no game is ever over — and on Tuesday night, the whole hockey world was reminded.