ST. LOUIS – Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, last season’s Vezina Trophy winner, made 27 saves to lift the undefeated Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Nino Niederreiter, Colin Miller and Kyle Connor scored for the Jets (6:0). All three goals came in the second third. Cole Perfetti assisted on all three goals.

Brandon Saad scored both goals for the Blues. Robert Thomas assisted on both goals.

Hellebuyck, who had a career record of 16-5-2 against the Blues, improved to 5-0 this season.

Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for St. Louis, ending a four-game home stretch.

Takeaways

Jets: Winnipeg has owned the Blues for the past three seasons, winning 10 of the last 12 meetings.

Blues: Philip Broberg, who has six points with a goal and five assists in the first six games, went scoreless.

Key moment

A three-goal effort in the second period gave the Jets a 3-1 lead. Niederreiter started the game with a power play goal at 8:12. Miller scored his first goal with the Jets with 6:03 left. Connor scored with 2:20 left with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle. It was his fifth goal of the season.

Key statistics

Saad scored his 500th career point in the first period when he scored his first goal of the season at 10:11 to give St. Louis a 1-0 lead. Saad has 254 goals and 246 assists in his 857-game career. The 31-year-old was drafted in the second round by the Chicago Blackhawks in 2011.

Next

The Jets play the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. The Blues begin a four-game road trip Thursday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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