The Winnipeg Jets remain undefeated at home in the postseason, as they beat the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 5-3 at Canada Life Centre.
Kyle Connor, Nino Niederreiter, Dylan DeMelo, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck made 16 saves.
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Nathan Walker and Jimmy Snuggerud scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 21 saves.
Game Recap
Game 5 started with a bang as Connor scored his fourth goal of the postseason at 1:23 of the opening period. Mason Appleton created a turnover from behind the net, kicked it to Mark Scheifele, who passed it to a wide-open Connor in front of the net.
The Blues tied the game a little over two minutes later on a tip-in goal from Walker off a Colton Parayko shot from the point.
Niederreiter restored the Jets’ lead at 8:39 with a tip-in of his own, off a shot from Dylan Samberg from the blue line.
Snuggerud tied the game once again at 6:06 of the second period, with a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle off a cross-ice pass in the offensive zone by Robert Thomas.
It was DeMelo’s turn to restore the lead for Winnipeg five minutes later, on a wrist shot from the point that deflected off of Parayko and past Binnington.
Namestnikov made it a 4-2 game at 18:51 from the bottom of the left circle, off a backhand pass from Connor.
Lowry scored an empty-netter at 16:47.
Walker scored his second of the night at 19:07 to cut the lead to 5-3, but it was too little, too late for St. Louis.
The Jets outshot the Blues 26-19 and went 0-for-2 on the power play. The Blues went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Up Next
Game 6 is on Friday night in St. Louis.
