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Alex Iafallo earned four assists, Josh
Morrissey had two assists and Neal Pionk and Cole Perfetti also
scored for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves to earn the
victory.
Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn scored and Jordan Binnington
made 32 saves for the Blues, whose two-game winning streak
ended.
Winnipeg struck first with a power-play goal, after Blues winger
Brandon Saad turned the puck over in his own zone and then took
a tripping penalty. Scheifele parked at the left post and jammed
in a cross-crease pass from Iafallo at 8:44 of the first period.
The Jets doubled their lead to 2-0 when Pionk took a pass from
Scheifele on right wing and snapped a shot over Binnington's
shoulder with 3:45 left in the opening period.
Thomas responded just 40 seconds later to halve the Blues'
deficit. He gained the puck in the left faceoff circle, whirled
and fired a turnaround shot past Hellebuyck.
Winnipeg outshot St. Louis 17-6 in the second period and
increased its lead to 3-1.
The Jets scored 4:34 into the second with another power-play
goal. Connor took a pass from Iafallo at the top of the right
circle and fired a shot that deflected off the stick of Blues
defenseman Nick Leddy and slipped inside the left post.
Winnipeg made it 4-1 just 62 seconds into the third period.
Binnington got caught behind the net trying to play the puck,
and Connor converted Scheifele's centering pass.
Schenn cut the margin to 4-2 off the rush with a snap shot from
the left faceoff dot at 8:08, but Perfetti iced the game with an
empty-net goal at 17:32.
--Field Level Media
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