Blues 4, Jets 3
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- St. Louis center Paul Stastny scored the game-winning goal late in the third period to cap the Blues' 4-3, come-from-behind victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night at the MTS Centre.
Stastny's goal, just his third of the season, came on a wrist shot on a two-on-one break with right winger Vladimir Tarasenko at 16:22 of the third. Moments earlier, Winnipeg center Mark Scheifele hit the goal post beside Blues goalie Jake Allen.
Tarasenko pumped in his team-leading 19th goal of the season on a St. Louis power play less than a minute into the third period to tie the game 3-3.
Scheifele deflected in his 12th goal, while right winger Chris Thorburn scored his fifth and right winger Drew Stafford added his 11th for Winnipeg (14-15-2).
Right winger Troy Brouwer netted his sixth for St. Louis (18-10-4), while left winger Steen notched his 11th. Tarasenko and Steen both had three-point nights, and defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk had two assists.
Winnipeg led 1-0 and 3-2 at the period breaks.
Allen stopped 33 shots, while Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves.
The Blues have prevailed in all three contests against the Jets this season, winning 4-2 at MTS Centre on Oct. 18 and 3-2 in St. Louis on Nov. 16.
The Jets won their previous three home games before the Blues came to town.
St. Louis, which held Winnipeg scoreless on a pair of power-play chances, hasn't surrendered a goal while a man short in nine consecutive games.
Hellebuyck made two terrific saves before the Jets recorded a shot, but the hosts made that first one count. Left winger Mathieu Perreault moved the puck back to defenseman Tyler Myers, whose blast from the blue line was tipped in by Scheifele at 4:10.
Brouwer tied the game with a hard snap shot over Hellebuyck's left shoulder just 16 seconds into the second period after taking a short pass from center David Backes in the high slot.
But the Jets regained the lead at 5:54 of the second on a play where the goal judge got a chance to redeem himself. Streaking down on a breakaway, right winger Blake Wheeler shot several feet wide but the red light flashed on. He picked up the loose puck in the corner and fed Thorburn, who lit the lamp with a wicked slap shot.
Stafford provided a two-goal cushion at 8:30 of the middle frame when he settled the puck beside the net, stepped in front and flipped it just inside the cross bar. Ten of his 11 goals have been scored at home. Perreault picked up his second helper of the game.
The Jets, the league's most penalized squad, found themselves short-handed twice in the last two minutes of the second period. The Blues capitalized on their first opportunity as Steen's rocket from the blue line eluded Hellebuyck at 18:25 cut the deficit to one.
The Blues carried a power play into the third period and the ever-dangerous Tarasenko, left alone to the left of Hellebuyck, took a pass from Steen and netted the tying goal just 51 seconds in.
NOTES: D Paul Postma and D Adam Pardy were healthy scratches for Winnipeg, while D Robert Bortuzzo and C Scott Gomez did not dress for St. Louis. ... Jets RW Chris Thorburn tied former NHL sniper Ilya Kovalchuk on Tuesday for the franchise record (594) for games played. Kovalchuk spent eight seasons with the Atlanta Thrashers (2001-10) before signing with New Jersey prior to heading to the KHL. Thorburn, a member of the Thrashers/Jets organization since 2007, can set the franchise record Friday when the New York Rangers visit Winnipeg. ... The Blues have owned the Jets at MTS Centre since the 2011-12 season, earning at least a point in all seven visits (5-0-2) prior to Tuesday's matchup. ... D Jay Bouwmeester appeared in his 200th game with St. Louis. ... Coming into the game, Jets C Bryan Little had taken 721 faceoffs this season, second in the NHL behind only Buffalo C Ryan O'Reilly (740).