In St Louis, the Blues’ Jaden Schwartz collected two goals in a 4-1 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to get the win for the Blues, it was their eighth straight victory in their current streak.
“We’re just finding different ways to win,” Schwartz said. “Our special teams has been good. I think we’re just aggressive. You look at our forwards backchecking, our D have such tight gaps. We’re just frustrating other teams and making it hard on their top players and we’re spending some time in the O-zone and kind of wearing teams down. We’re playing tight, aggressive and together, and it looks pretty quick and fast that way.”
Over their last eight games, the Jets have not been as successful as the Blues, going 2-5-1.
Nick Shore had the Jets’ lone goal in the loss.
“I liked the way we played in here tonight,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “Even better than [Friday], and we scored four, and then it turns on a play or two. It’s not far off.”
Robert Thomas and Ryan O’Reilly had single markers for the Blues.
“I thought it was a good game,” Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “We did a lot of good things out there. We were pretty solid all around. I thought the goalie was good, made good saves when we needed him to. [The penalty kill] did a great job tonight.”
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Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves in the loss.
“Playing the defending Stanley Cup champions, you can’t afford to make too many mistakes. We have to learn from it and move on,” the Jets’ Neal Pionk said after the loss.
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