National Hockey League
Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 8, 2022
Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Referees: Beau Halkidis, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 18096

Pierre Luc-Dubois had two goals and an assist as the visiting Winnipeg Jets defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday.

Blake Wheeler contributed a goal and an assist, Kyle Connor and Cole Perfetti also scored and Mark Scheifele and Neal Pionk had two assists for the Jets, who have won six of their past seven games.

Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for Winnipeg to earn his sixth straight victory.

Robert Thomas and Josh Leivo scored and Thomas Greiss made 15 saves for the Blues, who lost for the fifth time in their past six games.

The victory came with a cost for the Jets, however. Winnipeg winger Saku Maenalanen exited the game with an upper-body injury after taking a big hit from Blues defenseman Niko Mikkola during the first period.

Dubois put the Jets ahead 1-0 with 4:11 left in the first period. Logan Stanley fired a shot from the right point, Scheifele gathered the rebound at the left side of the net and fed Dubois for a tap-in from in front of the net.

Connor made it 2-0 just 27 seconds into the second period. Pionk's outlet pass off the right boards squirted ahead of the pack to Connor, who broke in alone to beat Greiss for his ninth goal in his past 11 games.

Winnipeg pushed its lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal at the 4:06 mark of the middle period. Greiss stopped Scheifele's one-time blast from the left side, but Wheeler converted the rebound.

Scheifele's assist was the 600th point of his career.

Thomas cut the lead to 3-1 with 1:24 left in the second period. Vladimir Tarasenko circled the back of the net and fed Thomas, who beat Hellebuyck with a short-side goal from the left faceoff dot.

Dubois made it 4-1 by jamming in a bad-angle goal with 12:21 to play. However, Leivo cut the lead to 4-2 with 9:17 left by converting a two-on-one break with Ryan O'Reilly.

Perfetti's empty-net goal with 1:53 left iced the game.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Winnipeg   St. Louis
Pierre-Luc Dubois 3 Points Josh Leivo 1
Pierre-Luc Dubois 2 Goals Josh Leivo 1
Neal Pionk 2 Assists Ryan O'Reilly 1
Blake Wheeler 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Connor Hellebuyck .935 Save Percentage Thomas Greiss .789
Connor Hellebuyck 29 Saves Thomas Greiss 15
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Winnipeg 20 5 1-1 2-2 4 22
St. Louis 31 2 0-2 0-1 2 25
Upcoming Games
  • St. Louis will play their next game at home against Colorado. The Blues have a W/L % of .692 after a win and .214 after a loss.
  • Winnipeg will play their next game on the road against Chicago. The Jets have a W/L % of .588 after a win and .875 after a loss.