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Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist for
the Blues (31-33-5, 67 points), who have won four of their last
six games. Nathan Walker and Jakub Vrana also scored for St.
Louis.
Connor Hellebuyck made 14 saves for the Jets (39-29-3, 81
points), who suffered their third loss in their last four games.
The Blues played with five defensemen for most of the game after
Torey Krug earned a double-minor roughing penalty, an
unsportsmanlike penalty, a misconduct and a game misconduct
after wrestling with Winnipeg's Kevin Stenlund in the first
period.
The Jets applied pressure from the opening faceoff, putting the
first five shots of the game on Hofer and getting Blake
Wheeler's redirection off the left post.
But the Blues struck first with Kapanen's goal 4:04 into the
game. Nick Leddy moved in through the slot, drew Hellebuyck's
attention and set up Kapanen's redirection from outside the
right post for a 1-0 lead.
St. Louis killed off a four-minute Winnipeg power play late in
the first period to protect its one-goal lead.
The Jets suffered another near-miss when Pierre Luc-Dubois hit
the post with a redirection early in the second period.
Walker increased the Blues' lead to 2-0 midway through the
second period. Justin Faulk zig-zagged through the Winnipeg
zone, then slid a backhand pass to Walker for his shovel shot at
the right post.
Vrana made it 3-0 by taking Kapanen's outlet pass and scoring a
breakaway goal with eight minutes left to play in the third.
That came shortly after Hofer made an excellent skate save on
Dylan DeMelo's redirected shot.
--Field Level Media
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