WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets losing streak is now at four games following a 4-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Canada Life Centre. The Jets saw their record fall to 18-8-0 and now are two points back of Minnesota for first place in the Central. Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves and has dropped three in a row for the first time in 2024-25. Winnipeg heads out for a two-game road trip starting Thursday in Buffalo.
BLUES OWN THE SECOND
The game was scoreless until the 18:04 mark of the second period when Jordan Kyrou took a Brayden Schenn pass and slid a backhand past Connor Hellebuyck to make it 1-0. The Blues made it 2-0 just 39 seconds later, Dylan Holloway shoveled a loose puck into the net. They almost made it 3-0 but they hit the crossbar at the end of the period, the Blues outshot the Jets 19-3 in the middle frame.
“We weren’t bad in the first weren't bad and then in the second, we just got away from our game a little bit. And them getting two four on four goals was tough,” said Mark Scheifele.
“And they clogged it up, they played good D, and it made it tough for us to get to the net. And we just didn’t play our game.”
HOFER ALMOST DOES IT AGAIN
The first time Winnipeg product Joel Hofer faced his hometown he stopped all 33 shots he faced in a 3-0 Blues win in St. Louis on March 19, 2023. Hofer wasn’t that busy Tuesday night but with his team up 3-0, he made a save on an Adam Lowry shorthanded breakaway chance. Gabe Vilardi had a great chance as well, but it wasn’t until the 15:45 mark that the Jets finally beat Hofer. Mark Scheifele pounced on a huge rebound and slammed in his 13th goal of the season to make it 3-1. Hofer finished the night with 22 saves and improved to 2-1 against his hometown team.
