On Friday night, the St Louis Blues’ Jake Allen made 26 saves to shut out the Jets in Winnipeg, 1-0.
“We had to shut them down,” Allen said. “It was a challenge, especially after the last game what they did to us in our rink, so it was a big way to get a win.”
Colton Parayko struck for the only goal in the game in the middle frame.
Jake Allen got the shutout over the Jets Friday night – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
The last time the two teams played, the Jets potted eight goals in a 8-4 win over the Blues.
“It’s something we definitely want to take pride in, is being a good defensive group, and we weren’t happy with what happened at home last game, obviously,” Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo said. “Guys stepped up and made hard plays in hard areas and tried to take a lot of their shooting areas away.”
St Louis improved to 10-13-4.
“The sacrifices that we made today, the blocked shots by Bortuzzo, the big saves by [Allen],” Blues forward Alexander Steen said. “Timely saves, he was outstanding tonight.”
Winnipeg dropped to 17-9-2 with the loss.
“We did enough to win a game,” Jets captain Blake Wheeler said.
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Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves.
“We’re going to throw a goose egg up every once in a while,” Wheeler said. “It’s our job, especially in a close game, to come through there (but) weren’t able to do it.”
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