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Winnipeg opens playoff series with 3-2 win against Minnesota Wild

TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

It had been 8,015 days and counting since a Winnipeg Jets team last won a playoff game when they dropped the puck Wednesday night at a raucous Bell MTS Place.

After a tenuous 1-0 lead was quickly wiped away by two quick Minnesota Wild goals early in the third period, it appeared that dubious drought might continue. Maybe forever, some long-suffering fans were no doubt thinking.

But then a tying goal from a familiar face in Patrik Laine set the stage for one of those "only in the Stanley Cup playoffs" moments.