Connor Hellebuyck is looking to put his playoff struggles behind him as the Winnipeg Jets prepare for a pivotal Game 5 against the St. Louis Blues. Winnipeg dropped Games 3 and 4 in St. Louis by scores of 7-2 and 5-1, allowing the eighth-seeded Blues to even the first-round series at 2-2.

Connor Hellebuyck needs to turn it around if the Jets are going to hold off the Blues in the first round of the playoffs.

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is a step closer to repeating as NHL goaltender of the year. The league announced its three finalists for this season's Vezina Trophy on Monday. Darcy Kuemper of the Los Angeles Kings and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the others.

But the Winnipeg Jets did not lose their series in St. Louis. There is also truth behind Blues coach Jim Montgomery’s series of verbal daggers after Game 4. “I thought we star