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Watch: Jets eliminate Blues in double OT Game 7 win
Winnipeg Jets center Adam Lowry (17) celebrates his goal in the second overtime against the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre. James Carey Lauder-Imagn Images

Watch: Jets eliminate Blues in instant classic double OT Game 7 win

Thanks to Adam Lowry's double overtime goal, the Winnipeg Jets were able to win an instant classic Game 7 on Sunday against the St. Louis Blues, 4-3, to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. While winning a Game 7 in double overtime is exciting enough on its own merits, it does not even begin to describe the madness that was this game for the Jets.

And the sadness that it is going to end up being for the Blues. 

Winnipeg trailed by two goals entering the third period, 3-1, and looked to be on the verge of a stunning upset loss at home as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference when they still trailed by two goals with two minutes to play.

That was when Vladislav Namestnikov scored with 1:58 to play to cut the deficit to one. 

That set the stage for Cole Perfetti to score one of the most dramatic goals in recent playoff history when he tied the game with just 1.5 seconds to play.

After a scoreless first overtime, the two teams were three minutes away from a third overtime when Lowry deflected a Neal Pionk point-shot by Blues goalie Jordan Binnington for the win.

The Jets are now advancing to the second round, where they will face the Dallas Stars. The Blues are now headed to the offseason and will have to deal with the fact that they were 1.5 seconds away from advancing. That is going to make for a long summer. 

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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