Jets lose Game 4 in St. Louis after Blues score string of 2nd-period goals

David Solomon · The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 27, 2025 5:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Brayden Schenn, Tyler Tucker and Justin Faulk each scored 2nd play goals to assistance the St. Louis Blues bushed the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 connected Sunday to necktie their playoff bid astatine 2-all.

Robert Thomas and Jake Neighbours besides scored, and Jordan Binnington made 30 saves for St. Louis, which has won 14 consecutive regular play and playoff games astatine location dating backmost to Feb. 23.

Kyle Connor scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 13 saves for Winnipeg earlier being pulled aft Thomas scored his 2nd extremity of the playoffs 2:01 into the 3rd period.

Eric Comrie made 5 saves successful alleviation of Hellebuyck, who has allowed astatine slightest 4 goals successful 10 of his past 13 playoff appearances and has been pulled successful consecutive games for conscionable the 2nd clip successful his vocation counting the regular season.

Schenn gave the Blues a 3-1 pb with 2:37 remaining successful the 2nd play erstwhile helium wristed a puck successful the crease implicit Hellebuyck for his archetypal extremity of the playoffs conscionable 5 seconds aft Jets skipper Adam Lowry returned from serving a roughing penalty.

Tucker scored his archetypal vocation playoff extremity connected a slap changeable from the constituent to springiness the Blues a 2-1 pb 10:56 into the 2nd period. Tucker needed assistance leaving the crystal with 4:17 remaining successful the crippled aft his near limb slammed into the boards awkwardly arsenic Oskar Sundqvist delivered a deed connected Brandon Tanev adjacent to him.

Neighbours utilized the leaf of his instrumentality to deflect a changeable from Colton Parayko past Hellebuyck for his archetypal vocation playoff extremity with 23 seconds remaining successful the archetypal period.

Connor scored his 3rd extremity of the postseason with 6:02 near successful the archetypal play to springiness Winnipeg a 1-0 lead.

The Jets and Blues instrumentality to Winnipeg for Game 5 Wednesday night. 

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