Jets score 4 in 3rd, rally past Blues to end 3-game skid

WINNIPEG -- Josh Morrissey and Mark Scheifele each scored twice in the third period for the Winnipeg Jets, who rallied for a 4-2 win against the St. Louis Blues at Canada Life Centre on Monday.

"Josh played fantastic tonight," Scheifele said. "He always does, and he got rewarded. A few big goals by him, and he led us tonight."

Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves for the Jets (32-19-1), who had lost three straight. Kyle Connor and Saku Maenalanen each had two assists.
"I think we needed that," Scheifele said. "I think we needed to see that we could go after a team, really put it to them. It wasn't like every shift we were dominating in the O-zone, but we got on the forecheck. … That was our hockey. Every guy was battling, every guy was doing the right thing, and even when we got the lead, we kept doing the same thing. We got it in deep, we got O-zone time, we made plays, we made passes, and that was huge."
Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist for the Blues (23-25-3), who have lost five straight. Jordan Binnington made 35 saves.
"Night in and night out, [Binnington is] making big saves for us," Neighbours said. "He's such a huge piece for us back there, but we've just got to do a little bit more to help him out."
Neighbours gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 14:36 of the second period, receiving a stretch pass from Torey Krug and scoring on a breakaway.
"I saw Torey sitting back there with the puck," Neighbours said. "He's so deceptive and always looking to stretch someone out, so I just tried to sneak in there behind the 'D,' and I just caught a good bounce."

Nikita Alexandrov extended it to 2-0 at 2:02 of the third period, taking a cross-ice pass from Josh Leivo for a partial breakaway and scoring with a low wrist shot.
"We had the lead, we shouldn't obviously feel that way (in trouble) ever," Blues defenseman Colton Parayko said. "I think they just got some goals off good opportunities at good times, and it's just what happened."
Morrissey scored 40 seconds later to cut it to 2-1 when he scored on a 2-on 1 with a shot from the top of the left circle at 2:42.
"To score 40 seconds after [the Blues] got that second goal just turned the whole game around in our favor," Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said. "That was a [heck] of a shot and a great rush. He'd been playing that way the whole game. Sometimes you step up and be the difference-maker, and he was tonight."

Scheifele tied it 2-2 at 9:32, taking a touch pass from Nikolaj Ehlers and scoring from the right hash marks.
Morrissey then scored 21 seconds later to put Winnipeg ahead 3-2 when his centering pass from the left circle redirected in off St. Louis forward Brayden Schenn at 9:53.
"We didn't manage things in the third good enough," Blues coach Craig Berube said. "We've got the lead 2-0 and got caught in on a play off of a face-off, which we shouldn't be. We should have pulled out quicker. We didn't, they scored. The second goal, we got the puck and we turned it over and they made a good play. Third goal is a lucky goal, goes off our guy. Just a couple plays."
Scheifele shot into an empty net at 19:36 of the third for the 4-2 final.
"Our kill was really good, and we got a power-play goal there," Berube said. "… Kind of hanging in there with a pretty depleted lineup, you know. You've got to manage things, and we just didn't manage it good enough."
NOTES: Morrissey, who is headed to the NHL All-Star Game this weekend, had his 13th multipoint game of the season. … The Blues went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill. … The Blues are 0-3-0 against the Jets this season. … St. Louis' next game will be against the Arizona Coyotes on Feb. 11. Winnipeg's next game is against the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 11.