Connor Hellebuyck, Jets blank Blues
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 [October 25, 2022]
Connor Hellebuyck made 25
saves for his 29th career shutout as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the
visiting St. Louis Blues 4-0 on Monday.
Mark Scheifele, Sam Gagner, Morgan Barron and Cole Perfetti scored
goals and Josh Morrissey had two assists for the Jets, who snapped a
two-game losing streak.
Thomas Greiss stopped 39 of 42 shots for the Blues, who suffered
their first loss after a 3-0 start to the season.
Each team put 13 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes of action
while trading scoring chances, but the game remained scoreless.
Hellebuyck made several excellent saves, including one during a
penalty kill on Ryan O'Reilly's one-time blast off Jake Neighbours'
cross-ice pass.
The Jets finished the first period and started the second on a power
play -- and Pierre Luc-Dubois tested Greiss with three firm shots.
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Scheifele put the Jets up 1-0 10:30 into the second
period after the Blues left him alone in front of the net. Morrissey
located him with a pass from the left point and Scheifele reached
the puck around Greiss.
Josh Leivo attempted to even the score with a pair
of wrist shots with just over six minutes left in the period, but
Hellebuyck stopped him. Greiss responded to the saves with one of
his own with 3:19 remaining on Kyle Connor's wrister.
The Jets outshot the Blues 21-7 in the third period
while sustaining relentless pressure. Greiss made two saves each on
Connor and Scheifele in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the third period
to keep the Blues within a goal.
But the Jets kept coming. Gagner made it 2-0 with 9:22 left by
moving in through the right faceoff circle to convert Connor's pass
from behind the net.
Barron pushed the lead to 3-0 by driving to the goalmouth to bang in
Adam Lowry's centering pass. Perfetti scored an empty-net goal to
make it 4-0.
--Field Level Media
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