Winnipeg Jets drop Game 1 to the Blues in battle of the goaltenders Globe_Sports
Winnipeg's Adam Lowry vies for the puck between St. Louis's Ivan Barbashev, left, and Zach Sanford during their playoff game on April 4, 2019.It might have been taken as an omen in this city so worried it cannot match last year’s impressive playoff run to the Western Conference final.
Patrik Laine, the 20-year-old Finnish sensation who had an “off” year with only 30 goals, had opened the scoring for Winnipeg at the 13:28 mark of the first period when he took a perfect pass in the slot from Bryan Little and snapped a hard wrist shot past the outstretched glove of St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington.
“Coming in here, the first game and the first 10 minutes, it’s a lot, it’s a lot of emotion going on, so it’s important that our guys get focused and try to quiet the crowd as quickly as possible.”But the Blues did have a superb chance to do just that when, 34 seconds into this opening game of a best-of-seven series, Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele crashed into Binnington while circling the St. Louis net.
Byfuglien, who missed games recently with an ankle injury, played a very strong game, as did defenceman Josh Morrissey, finally returning to play after missing weeks with an upper body injury. Morrissey played a regular shift and was impressive. With the score 1-1 and the Blues increasingly coming on – “We preach aggressiveness,” Berube said – the game turned very much in St. Louis’s favour.Bozak had several good chances, finally beating Hellebuyck with a quick shot from the slot.
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