Alex Iafallo broke a tie in the third period and the host Winnipeg Jets snapped the St. Louis Blues’ franchise-record 12-game winning streak 3-1 on Monday night.
Morgan Barron and Adam Lowry also scored for the Jets (53-21-4, 110 points), who have the NHL’s best record and have won five of their last seven. Connor Hellebuyck made 14 saves.
Pavel Buchnevich produced the lone goal for the Blues (43-29-7, 93 points) and Joel Hofer stopped 23 shots. St. Louis holds the top spot in the Western Conference wild-card race by two points over the idle Minnesota Wild.
Iafallo gave the Jets a 2-1 lead 7:05 into the third period when he put in the rebound of a shot by Kyle Connor. Lowry added an empty-net goal with nine seconds left.
The score was 1-1 after 40 minutes.
Barron opened the scoring by sweeping in from the right-wing boards 2:34 into the second period after a turnover at the Winnipeg blue line. It was Barron’s first goal in 11 games.
Buchnevich tied it for St. Louis 7:27 into the middle period on a one-timer from the inside edge of the left circle. It was his fourth goal in five games.
Robert Thomas set up Buchnevich with a backhand pass from behind the net, extending his point streak to nine games (four goals, 16 assists). Thomas was named the NHL’s Third Star of the Week earlier Monday.
There were not a lot of scoring chances in the first period, and what little offense there was came from the Jets. They outshot the Blues 8-3 in the opening period and held St. Louis without a shot for over 13 minutes.
The contest also featured a matchup of brothers, center and captain Brayden Schenn of St. Louis and Winnipeg defenseman Luke Schenn.
Winnipeg forward Nikolaj Ehlers missed his second game after being hit in the foot with a puck against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. The Jets were also without defenseman Colin Miller due to illness.
–Field Level Media
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