St. Louis – After four games in their first round series, the Winnipeg jets and the Blues of St. Louis each won their two games at home.
The jets hope that this trend will continue when they welcome match no 5 in Canada Life Center on Wednesday (9:30 p.m.; TVAS, CBC, SN, ESPN, FDSNMW).
“It’s a big match, because the winner will take a 3-2 lead and will have the chance to close the books in match no 6,” said Winnipeg defender Dylan Demelo. “If someone wants to see this duel more or less big than it is, it is their opinion. For our part, we will try to win match No. 5 and be the best version of ourselves. »»
The blues were convincing during the two parties played at the Enterprise Center, winning by a combined score of 12-3. They also liked their first two games in Winnipeg and they will want to deliver the same kind of performance.
“We consider that we were in the blow until the very end in Winnipeg, but that we did not respect our identity for 60 minutes,” said St. Louis Jim Montgomery coach. “We think that if we do it, we will have a very good chance of being successful. »»
Here is what you will have to monitor during match no 5:
Blues : They will want to continue to obtain an offensive contribution from their defenders. The latter total 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in four parts, a summit in the NHL. Their 12 aids are also a summit in the series in series. Cam Fowler is the leader of the blues with eight points (one goal, seven helps of help) in four games, while Colton Parayko and Justin Faulk each obtained a goal and two passes.
Jets : Gabriel Vilard will play his first series of the series with the jets, and his return to the game could relaunch the Winnipeg offensive. He had developed beautiful chemistry with his trio companions, Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele. Vilardi should also contribute to the power game, which shows a yield of 2-in-12 in four parts. Vilardi scored 25 points in digital advantage in the regular season, equally with Scheifele second in the jets, behind Connor (28).
The key figure: 2.29. The average goal of the Blues Jordan Binnington goalkeeper in four games. It shows a 2-2 file with a percentage of stops of, 907.
-Other elements to monitor : Will the home team still prevail in match no 5? Or will the blues play for 60 minutes to steal a match abroad?
Planned Blues training
Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jimmy Snuggerud
Jake Neighborbours – Biyden Shen – Jordan Kyrob
Alexandre Texier – Oskar Sundqvist – Zachary Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko – Radek Faksa – Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Nick Leddy
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Entrenched : Mathieu Joseph, Matthew Kessel
Wounded : Dylan Holloway (lower body), Tyler Tucker (lower body)
Planned training of jets
Kyle Connor – Mark Wipe – Gabriel Vilardi
Alex Iafallo – Vladislav Deputy – Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter – Adam Lowry – Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev-Morgan Barron-Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley — Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Entrenched : David Gustafsson, Dominic Toninato, Haydn Fleury, Colin Miller, Ville Heinola
Wounded : Nikolaj Ehlers (lower body), Rasmus Kupari (Concrete)
