Arturs Silovs allowed himself a few smiles after the game — and fair enough, even if his shootout record improved to 2-6. What’s harder to gloss over is the performance that led there. He stopped 21 of 25 shots, but the types of goals he surrendered against the Jets are the kinds a playoff team simply can’t afford this time of year.

You can write off the first two goals: Morgan Barron barreled into Erik Karlsson at the top of the crease, knocking the defenseman into Silovs as the puck fluttered in. Cole Koepke scored short-handed after being left all alone for a deke.

After that, the goals became harder to excuse.

Neal Pionk's routine blue‑line flick beat Silovs cleanly to tie the game 3-3, with the goalie neither atop his crease nor square to the release. Less than a minute later, another unscreened Pionk shot handcuffed him, leaving a loose puck that Mark Scheifele spun and roofed from a sharp angle. The latter was erased on a Dan Muse challenge for a high stick earlier in the play.

And after all that, Brad Lambert beat him from 50 feet with a wrist shot Silovs whiffed on with the glove — the one that finally cost them the lead.

"Some things won’t go your way, just stick with it," said Silovs. "We scored a huge goal, 4-4, and we played excellent in overtime and finished it."

Silovs’ .894 save percentage ranks 27th in the NHL among goaltenders with at least 30 games.