Josh Morrissey figured the hockey gods weren’t on the Winnipeg Jets’ side Thursday night.
The veteran defenceman gave the Jets a 2-1 lead midway through the third period against the Golden Knights, but a late five-on-three power-play goal by Vegas forward Victor Olofsson sent the game into overtime.
After a Winnipeg turnover, Ivan Barbashev scored at 3:47 of overtime when his 14th goal of the season beat Connor Hellebuyck to give the visitors a 3-2 victory.
“It certainly was not even close to our best game in the first two periods, but we were still up 1-0,” Morrissey said. “You go up 2-1 in the third period, and again I did think we got to our game a little better in the third.
“But they probably through the course of their first two periods, the hockey gods probably earned them those power plays when we didn’t have our best in …