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Pavel Buchnevich and Brandon Saad scored, and
Joel Hofer made 28 saves for the Blues, who have dropped five of
seven (2-5-0).
Monahan gave the Jets a 1-0 lead at 8:53 of the first period.
Ehlers received a pass from Morrissey near the blue line and
took it to the left hashmarks before feeding Monahan at the
inner edge of the left circle for a one-timer.
Brenden Dillon made it 2-0 less than two minutes later. Mark
Scheifele won the faceoff back to the defenseman, whose shot
from high above the two circles beat Hofer stick side at 10:20.
But St. Louis quickly responded.
Brossoit made the save on Marco Scandella's shot from the blue
line but left a rebound by his left pad and Buchnevich was on
the doorstep to cut it to 2-1 at 10:50.
Connor connected on a partial breakaway to extend Winnipeg's
lead to 3-1 at 15:33. Morrissey knocked away a Blues pass
attempt on an odd-man rush and directed it into the neutral
zone, where Connor collected it before driving up the left wing
and scoring far side from the circle.
Saad pulled St. Louis to within one at 9:03 of the second period
when Jets defenseman Nate Schmidt directed a short pass at the
front of the net toward partner Dylan Samberg, but the puck went
to Saad in the slot.
Alex Iafallo snapped a 20-game goal drought to put the Jets
ahead 4-2 at 10:13 of the third period. Ehlers' shot from the
right circle went wide of the net and bounced off the end boards
and back to the edge of the crease, where Iafallo slipped it
five-hole.
--Field Level Media
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