In Winnipeg, David Perron scored the game-winner in overtime to send the visiting St Louis Blues to a 5-4 win over the Jets on Friday.
“There’s many things that come to my head there; maybe a shot five-hole, maybe just a regular shot a little bit further out,” Perron said. “I tend to go on the backhand a little bit and try and freeze him and go in the back, and it worked out.”
Blake Wheeler had forced extra time when he scored with just over a minute left on the regulation clock.
“Just one of those games. Good job by everyone staying in it,” Wheeler said. “I thought we had a lot of real good players tonight. Came up short.”
Jordan Binnington made 25 saves in the win.
Gabriel Bourque had a single marker and Kyle Connor struck twice for the Jets.
“We were never out of it,” Connor said. “We kept fighting back. It was a good battle. It [kind of stinks] we’re on the wrong end of it finishing off, but I think we can learn some stuff from that going into the next game.”
Justin Faulk and Alex Pietrangelo scored for the Blues.
“We’ve got to be better defensively,” Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “I thought that some of the goals were just breakdowns that we normally don’t do, and we can be better. Again, they’re a good team and we’re going to be challenged on Sunday.”
Tyler Bozak had two goals of his own in the win.
“It feels good,” Bozak said. “It gives us confidence, gives us stuff to build on. Obviously we still have a lot of things we need to work on. We have to get better, but it does give us that confidence to keep playing well. A lot of games have been tight games, so finding ways to win those is also huge.”
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Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves in the loss.
“I think there was a lot of good things in that game that we need to take with us to St. Louis and Denver,” the Jets’ Patrik Laine said. “I think we had some chances to get two points. I think they were playing the way we expected before the game. They’re a tough team to beat, that’s for sure. Hopefully we can beat them in St. Louis.”
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