from Jeff Bell of the Winnipeg Free Press,

Winnipeg forward Nikolaj Ehlers fired a pass in his own end that somehow squeezed through the pads of goalie Michael Hutchinson 1:23 into the extra period to give the Colorado Avalanche a crazy 3-2 triumph over the Jets Friday night in Denver....

"I thought I had two guys right by me and I just tried to throw it in the middle and get (our) two guys going," he explained....

Jets head coach Paul Maurice said his club did plenty of things right, flukey goal notwithstanding.

"He threw the puck at the net, it shouldn’t have gone in. It’s a bad break," said Maurice. "It really had nothing to do with the game or how we played. We played a really hard-fought road game. It’s a good point on the road, good effort."

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