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Jets Double Up Blues

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots to help the Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 Thursday night - his second win over the defending Stanley Cup champions in five days.

 

Andrew Copp broke a third period tie to give the Jets the win in their lone road contest during a current 11-game stretch.

 

Patrik Laine, Jansen Harkins and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for Winnipeg, which moved to within 13 points of the first-place Blues in the Central Division.

 

Colton Parayko and Carl Gunnarsson scored for St. Louis, which had recorded a point in its previous 11 home games. Jordan Binnington stopped 21 shots for the Western Conference leaders.

Hellebuyck stopped 38 of 40 shots in a 5-2 win over St. Louis on Saturday in Winnipeg.

 

He was equally impressive in the rematch and improved to 23-16-5.

 

Hellebuyck has stopped 73 of 77 shots in the two games against St., Louis.

 

Copp pounced on the rebound of a shot by Harkins to break a 2-2 tie with 10:56 left in the third period. He also had the winning tally in Saturday's victor over St. Louis.

 

Laine scored his 20th of the season off a cross-ice pass from Mark Scheifele at 5:58 of the second period for a 2-0 lead. Laine has scored at least 20 goals in each of his first four seasons.

 

Ehlers added an empty-net goal with 10 seconds left.

 

St. Louis scored twice in a span of a 2:20 in the second period. Gunnarsson blasted a shot from just inside the blue line past Hellebuyck to tie it.

 

The Blues host Dallas on Saturday.

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