Jets' Buzzer-Beating Goal to Force Overtime in Game 7 vs. Blues Had NHL Fans Losing It

There's nothing like playoff hockey.

The Jets scored the game-tying goal with 1.7 seconds remaining / NHL on TN

The Winnipeg Jets hosted the St. Louis Blues in a winner-take-all Game 7 in the first round of the NHL playoffs on Sunday night.

It did not get off to a hot start for the hosts, as the Jets fell behind by two goals in the first half of the very first period. They managed to get on the board in the second, but entered the third period losing 3-1. As the game went on and St. Louis maintained the lead, things didn't look good for Winnipeg. But a late rally brought the score to 3-2 with just under two minutes remaining, leaving room for a miracle.

And it happened in an even more miraculous fashion than anyone could've anticipated. The Blues and Jets fought furiously in the final seconds of the third period to win and advance—before the Jets, impossibly, improbably, scored a game-tying goal with 1.7 seconds remaining to force overtime.

Absolute scenes.

WITH JUST SECONDS TO SPARE IN GAME 7, THE JETS TIE IT UP TO FORCE OT 😱

WILD SCENES IN WINNIPEG 🥶 pic.twitter.com/PU8Eq92tzZ

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 5, 2025

Such a wild ending to the third period of a Game 7 set the NHL world on fire and everybody reacted accordingly.

50 of the NHL’s 200 Game 7’s have gone to Overtime…

Game 7 OT in a LOUD BARN on TBS coming up

Will be electrifying… GOD BLESS HOCKEY

pic.twitter.com/XE1aiXz5nc

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 5, 2025

Poor St Louis. You could feel it coming. Didn’t know how it was going to happen. But it was going to happen.

Heavens to Betsy.

— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) May 5, 2025

Absurd pic.twitter.com/FK0MilORxJ

— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) May 5, 2025

PLAYOFF HOCKEY 🔥

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) May 5, 2025

Hockey man https://t.co/Xz6U2PfWqV

— Kofie (@Kofie) May 5, 2025

The Winnipeg Jets: pic.twitter.com/sQMPpE0wHf

— BarDown (@BarDown) May 5, 2025

I cannot believe I just watched the jets do this, nothing comes close to playoff hockey pic.twitter.com/oWisnWHqc0

— Kaleb (@PrimeERod) May 5, 2025

Jets Bettors: pic.twitter.com/vOXCuGnfxD

— ESPN BET (@ESPNBET) May 5, 2025

COLE PERFETTI TIES THE GAME FOR THE JETS WITH UNDER 2 SECONDS TO GO ARE YOU KIDDING?! 😱🚨 pic.twitter.com/8GkHVk2Nst

— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) May 5, 2025

HOW ABOUT THE WINNIPEG JETS!

WE'RE GOING TO OT! 😱 pic.twitter.com/1xnb7SCm0i

— theScore (@theScore) May 5, 2025

WHAT A MOMENT IN WINNIPEG! ❄️ pic.twitter.com/J7hlavwoGR

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 5, 2025

If you hate playoff hockey you hate sports

— The Undergrad CFB (@TheUndergradCFB) May 5, 2025

UNREAL. pic.twitter.com/hdoHVXSnbL

— Fanatics Sportsbook (@FanaticsBook) May 5, 2025

Echoing the sentiment of many above and more out in the viewing world: there's nothing like playoff hockey.

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