One night after being blanked by the St Louis Blues, the Winnipeg Jets returned the favor in a 4-0 shutout on home ice.
Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves to get the win and put the Jets back on the winning 
side.
“We kind of deserved this one because (of Saturday’s loss),” Hellebuyck said. “I thought we were the better team. It’s very satisfying (to win) and I think it’s better for the guys in this room because now they know that they did play the right way and they continued to play the right way.”
The win pushed the Jets to 19-10-5.
Josh Morrissey had struck for a goal and two points in the win and Adam Lowry, Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele added single markers for Winnipeg.
“We liked the way we played last night, but at the same time, you’ve got to get results in this league,” Morrissey said. “We wanted to come out and do a lot of those same things, bear down a little more on some of the chances we got, but keep staying within our system and our structure that made us successful the night before. Our compete level was right throughout the game and that was a big bounce-back win for us.”
The entire effort Sunday from across the Jets bench was an improvement over the 2-0 loss in St Louis Saturday night.
“They’re good offensively, we know that,” Alex Pietrangelo said. “We’ve got to control the pace of the game a bit more. I don’t think we really had much control. I don’t think we played in the offensive zone enough tonight to kind of tire them out. It seemed like we were running around in our end more than they were in their end, which is what our game is. Something we’ve got to take a look at.”
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Jake Allen made 42 saves in the loss and the Blues faced 94 shots from the Jets over the brace of games.
“Too many shots against, that’s not us,” Blues head coach Mike Yeo said. “We’re typically one of the top teams in the league for shot suppression and chance suppression. A little bit too easy to play against the last couple games.”
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