Connor Hellebuyck, Jets shut down Blues
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[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. |
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Oct 24, 2023; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets players celebrate
their victory over the St. Louis Blues at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory
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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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