Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The game is tied and the Jets have a chance to win it in the third. They have a few odd-man rushes but just can’t convert. With only a few minutes remaining, they completely stop playing defense and allow the opposing team to score the go-ahead goal and win the game.

It’s a scenario that played itself out far too often last season and it’s something we saw again tonight as the Jets lose to the Oilers.

Let’s take a walk through the game before getting to the play that gave Edmonton the victory.

After scoring the opening goal against Washington last game, the Jets were back to their usual tricks tonight as they graciously allowed the Oilers to take a 1-0 lead.

In case you weren’t able to watch the game, here’s the best way to describe it.

The Jets gave tons of time and space to the best player on the planet along with the NHL’s leading goal scorer. It went exactly as you would expect with the Oilers taking the easy 1-0 lead.

Winnipeg started to fight back in the second period. It surprisingly came from the fourth line as Shaw broke in all alone and snapped one past Smith.

That goal gave the Jets some life as they followed it up with another goal on the very next shift. This goal came from the usual suspects as Connor ripped a one-timer from Wheeler into the back of the net. Wheeler made a gorgeous move around the defender before setting up the Jets’ leading goal scorer.

This goal also set a milestone for Connor as it was his 100th NHL goal.

Later in the period the Jets took another penalty and somehow they allowed Draisaitl to score once again, assisted by McDavid for the second time. It came off a nice tip play as Hellebuyck wasn’t able to get a read on the shot.

With the game now tied at two, whoever had the better third period would win the game. The frustrating part about this game is that Winnipeg actually had the better third period. The Jets out-shot the Oilers 17-7 and had five high danger chances to the Oilers one. But hold on, it doesn’t matter how many high danger chances you can get if you don’t score. The Jets showed time and time again that they can’t convert on odd-man rushes. Scheifele missed, Ehlers missed, Connor missed. It didn’t matter who had the puck, nobody could get it past Mike Smith in the crease.

Those dangerous chances are what makes it even more maddening when Nugent-Hopkins breaks free with five minutes left and pots the game winner.

One blown assignment by the Jets and they lose the entire hockey game. Harkins got caught watching the puck and didn’t see Nugent-Hopkins sneak towards the net. Draisaitl fed him a nice pass and he was into the slot without anyone picking him up. Demelo took the pass across and let Hellebuyck take the one and one. Hellebuyck lost the battle and the Oilers came away with the victory.

The big story in this game was special teams. The Oilers scored their first two goals on the powerplay while the Jets went 0-2. Even more importantly, the second powerplay for Winnipeg came with four minutes left in the game and down by a goal. They weren’t able to convert and it cost them at least a point.

The next big story was Mike Smith. It wasn’t a pretty performance, but he got the job done. He repeatedly stopped the odd-man rush attempts as the Jets couldn’t get anything by him off the rush. His performance in the final few minutes was stellar as the Jets couldn’t find a way to get the puck past him.

The last major storyline is the defensive lapse by the Jets. Nugent-Hopkins made a backdoor cut and nobody was anywhere near him. Harkins got completely lost on the play because he was too focused on the puck. All it takes is one little mistake to lose two points in the standings. The Jets did a decent job defending the rest of the game, but the big mistakes continue to cost them game after game.

Lastly, our good friend Murat has a way with words. This is perhaps the best way to sum up tonight’s game.