In St Louis,Andrew Copp struck for the game-winning goal in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets downed the Blues, 4-2, on Thursday night.
“At the end of the day, handling the win is key,” Copp said. “We’re going to be in a lot of tight games like that down the stretch like that where it’s tied with less than 10 minutes to go and we need to be comfortable in those games and win those games.”
Jansen Harkins picked up his first NHL goal and two points in the win.
“It’s obviously a pretty special moment for me,” Harkins said. “Our line played pretty solid all night. Happy to get rewarded and it was an awesome win.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves for the win.
“Your goalie is going to have to be the deciding factor and he may have been the deciding factor for us,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said.
Colton Parayko and Carl Gunnarsson were the Blues strikers.
“First period we didn’t play well, but we played solid after that, lots of chances,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. “We haven’t solved [Connor] Hellebuyck good enough yet last two games.”
Patrik Laine scored his 20th goal and Nikolaj Ehlers added the sealer with an empty net goal.
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Jordan Binnington made 21 saves in the loss.
“There’s a lot of desperate teams around the League right now, trying to find their way, playoff spots, things like that,” Berube said. “Hockey’s tight right now. It’s tough. We’ve got to dig in more. We have to have a better mindset going into games, being harder to play against. It’s a lot of playoff hockey going on right now. I’d like to see us get more of that mindset right now.”
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