Having ended a four-game losing streak with a victory at the New York Islanders, the St. Louis Blues (6th in Central Division) will try to register consecutive wins while hosting the Winnipeg Jets (1st in Central), who have lost just one of their past six matchups.
The Winnipeg Jets (16-7-1) ended their latest four-game homestand with a 3-1-0 record after posting their fifth triumph in the last six fixtures (5-1-0) following a 5-2 win against the Florida Panthers at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday. Mark Scheifele (15 goals, 21 points this year) and Kyle Connor (10 goals, 26 points) both netted twice, while Adam Lowry (5 goals, 15 points) bagged an empty-netter for the Jets, who have scored at least five snipes in five of their previous six outings. Winnipeg was outshot 41-31 by the Isles, including 25-8 in the second period, but went 2-for-4 with the man-advantage and 3-for-4 on penalty kill.
Playing his 400th NHL game, goalie Connor Hellebuyck stopped 39 shots on Tuesday to take his current performance status to 13-5-1 for the season with a 2.26 GAA and a .932 save percentage. He has registere d an 11-4-2 career tally versus St. Louis with a 1.98 GAA and a .935 save percentage, while David Rittich (3-2-0 on the year with a 3.07 GAA and a .881 save percentage) is 2-1-1 against the Blues historically with a 3.49 GAA and a .882 save percentage. The Jets are 14th in most goals scored per game in 2022-23 (3.29), 4th in least goals conceded on average (2.54), 16th in power play (22.5%) and 4th in penalty kill (83.3%).