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Jets Outlast Blues in Overtime

Pierre Luc-Dubois scored in overtime and Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves in the Winnipeg Jets' 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.

 

The Jets have won 10 of their last 12 games in St. Louis. The Blues have lost five of seven.

 

Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele scored 1:03 seconds apart in the third period to give the Jets a 3-2 lead. Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for Winnipeg. The Jets improved to 4-17-2 when trailing after two periods.

 

David Perron, Brayden Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for St. Louis.

 

The Jets won two of three games on the recently completed road trip.

 

Tarasenko broke an eight-game scoreless skid by whipping a shot past Hellebuyck with 27 seconds left in the second period to put the Blues up 2-1.

 

Tarasenko, who also added an assist, reached the 20-goal mark for the seventh season.

 

The Blues continue to struggle in overtime and have lost six of seven in extra sessions this season.

 

The Blues host Pittsburgh on Thursday night.

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