Blues captain Brayden Schenn, who had seven hits in the first period of Game 1, skated across the ice and flew into Jets captain Adam Lowry. He finished with four hits in the period. Scheifele scored on a great effort to get around a St. Louis defender and then fired a backhand from the slot. The puck bounced off Snuggerud into the net with 3:28 left. Winnipeg didn’t capitalize on two power plays, but the Blues cashed in on their first one. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Snuggerud made up for the earlier bad bounce by sending the puck high over Hellebuyck’s blocker side on the man advantage with two seconds remaining in the period to make it 1-1. Blues coach Jim Montgomery had flipped Snuggerud and left-winger Jake Neighbours for the game, moving the former University of Minnesota star from the second line to the top one with centre Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich. He said the motive was producing more offence. Both teams tallied 16 hits each in the first period, and the Blues outshot the Jets 10-8. St. Louis came up empty on two power plays in the second period and both teams fired seven shots at the goalies. Connor made it 2-1 at 1:43 of the third period after getting a feed out front by Cole Perfetti at the side of the net. The Blues got their fourth straight power play six minutes later, but Winnipeg’s defenders killed it.