In St Louis, the Blues’ Jaden Schwartz struck for a hat trick and outscored the Winnipeg Jets, 3-2.
St Louis finally posted a home win in the series and sent the heavily favored Jets home in a 4-2 series win.
“It’s nice definitely to help out and step up,” Schwartz said. “We played a great team game today. We didn’t give them much, we worked our butts off. Our D were great. I thought our forwards backchecked really hard and frustrated them. That was the biggest game of the year for us. We played aggressive and we were on our toes.”
Jordan Binnington made 18 saves in the series-clinching victory.
The Blues had a 3-0 lead in the third period before Dustin Byfuglien h and Bryan Little scored to make the final score more palatable.
“We talked about bringing that momentum from the third period from Game 5 and I think the guys did,” Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “We mentioned it yesterday, talked again today about it. I think they carried momentum over from this game and had good energy and played hard. It’s a hard game out there.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves in the loss.
“It’s hard to say what went wrong,” Hellebuyck said. “We really shouldn’t point fingers and try to find blame. They’re a good team over there and they played very well, so I guess on this one, unfortunately we have to tip our caps to them.”
The Blues now await the winner of the Dallas Stars – Nashville Predators series.
The Stars lead that opening series, 3-2, and play Monday night in Dallas.
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