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On the Winnipeg Jets bench, there were some nervous moments as defenceman Tyler Myers tried a risky deke on Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker at the blue-line Friday night.

Moments later there was nothing but joy after Myers powered his way to the net and beat goalie Devan Dubnyk with a shot to the blocker side for the first goal of Game 2.

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“Luckily, it worked out well,” Myers said Saturday.

“You look at the last 10, 15 games, I’ve tried that a lot. Just finally was able to finish one.”

Myers is 6-foot-8 and has one of the longest reaches in the NHL. He also has soft hands and has shown an ability to get around checkers. However, it wasn’t long ago that he tried a similar move as the last man back and gave up an overtime breakaway to Boston star Brad Marchand.

It’s a high-risk, high-reward play.

Myers finished it by scoring on Dubnyk, who is one of his off-season training partners in Kelowna.

Did he have any special ideas on where to go with the shot?

“I was just shooting,” Myers said with a chuckle. “I’ve shot on him a lot this past summer and he’s always a very good goalie. I was lucky to put one by him.”