Jets’ Connor scored late goal fuel beat St. Louis Blues 5-3

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Winnipeg – A Kyle Connor trainer won the championship with 3-3 with 1:36 left in the third stage and scored a 5-3 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Connor also contributed two assists, while Captain Adam Lowry won with the empty grid with 52 seconds left.

The second game of the one-seventh series will be held on Monday at the Canada Life Center, which includes a loud “white” whole house of 15,225 fans.

Mark Scheifele had one goal and two assists, and Jaret Anderson-Dolan also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck saved Winnipeg 14 saves, who won the Presidential Trophy at the NHL Best Regular Season Record (56-22-4).

According to NHL Stats, the team that won the first game of the Seventh Series has 525-247 (.680) historical series.

Jordan Kyrou gave the Blues a 3-2 lead with a powerful goal earlier in the second stage, but Winnipeg’s top winger Alex Iafallo tied at 9:18 in the third quarter.

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Robert Thomas also scored in a strong match in St. Louis. Oskar Sundqvist added one evenly, with Justin Faulk having two assists.

Jordan Binnington paused 21 for St. Louis, and the game captured the final universal card of the Western Conference with a final game victory (44-30-8).

The Jets won the regular season series by defeating the Bruce 3-1. Three of the four games are determined by one goal (excluding empty nets).

The first phase of the four goals ended with a score of 2-2. Thomas scored in the first powerful game of the game.

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With the interference of Winnipeg defenseman Luke Schenn, Cam Fowler sent the puck to Thomas on the left. He fired from the dot and the puck passed Hellebuyck’s gloves into the corner at 9:31.

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Thomas ended the regular season with 12 consecutive wins (four goals and 21 assists).

Four minutes later, the Jets received their first power play, and Scheifele cashed in Man Advantage in 16 seconds. He hit the stick of defender Ryan Suter through a crease pass and trailed Binnington at 13:38.

Winnipeg ended the regular season with the league’s highest strength game (28.9%).

Anderson-Dolan led Schenn 2-1 from 15:02, but with 1:50 left in the period, the lucky puck bounced on Schenn.

Jets defender Neal Pionk was asked to do rough work, with 16 seconds left.

During the opening period, St. Louis defeated the Jets 9-7 and scored 32 hits in Winnipeg.

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The Blues came out of their first halftime break and used a strong match for Kyrou’s goal in a 1:13 match and led 3-2. This extended his season-end winning streak by four goals and two assists.

Winnipeg was unable to take advantage of its early Stage 3 man, but it was not possible when Binnington denied Connor was in a training session.

Iafallo hit a loose puck and made fans roar in a 3-3 game.

After Lowry’s goal, the player has 19 seconds left for the match pairing.

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With his goals and two assists, Scheifele became the all-time leader in the Jets/Thrashers with a 41-time record. BlakeWheeler has 39.

Scheifele completed the regular season with a career-high 87 points in 82 games. In three games, he expanded his score to two goals and two assists.

This report by Canadian media was first released on April 19, 2025.

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