Connor Hellebuyck, Jets shut down Blues

[October 25, 2023]  Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday.
 
After allowing 13 goals in his first three starts this season, Hellebuyck has allowed just four goals in his last two.
 
Kyle Connor, Mason Appleton, David Gustafsson and Morgan Barron scored for the Jets, who have won two straight games after losing three of their first four. 

Oct 24, 2023; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets players celebrate their victory over the St. Louis Blues at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist for the Blues after missing two games with an upper-body injury.

Robert Thomas also scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington stopped 26 of 29 shots.

Hellebuyck kept the game scoreless by stopping Jake Neighbours off a two-on-one break, Kasperi Kapanen on another two-on-one rush and Brayden Schenn off a three-on-two opportunity late in the first period.

The Jets scored twice in an 18-second span to take a 2-0 lead 3:13 into the second period.

First, Gustafsson came off the bench, broke down the middle unchecked and converted Cole Perfetti's centering pass. Then Appleton scored on a blast from just inside the right faceoff dot off Adam Lowry's pass from the right corner.

The Blues picked up their pace midway through the second period. Nick Leddy hit the post with 9:53 left, then Hellebuyck stopped Jordan Kyrou on a clean breakaway and a partial breakaway.

After Binnington denied Lowry on a short-handed two-on-zero rush, the Blues scored their first power-play goal of the season to cut their deficit to 2-1. Buchnevich redirected Schenn's pass from the right circle with 1:35 left in the second period.

Connor pushed the Winnipeg lead to 3-1 with a four-on-four goal, snapping the puck past Binnington from the left circle 4:10 into the third period.

With Binnington off the ice for an extra attacker, Thomas converted Buchnevich's cross-ice pass to cut the Blues' deficit to 3-2 with 3:23 to play.

Barron's empty-net goal with 1:10 left iced the game.

--Field Level Media

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