Connor Hellebuyck shuts out Stars in Game 2 as Jets tie series

The sea of ​​white in winnipeg chana “MVP!” in unison during the Jets‘Game 2 Win Over the Dallas stars On Friday Night. Goalie Connor hellbuyuck Heard and Appreciated Those Chants.

“It means a whole lot. I love this crowd. 4-0 victory That even their western conferense semifinal series at 1-1.

It was hellbuyuck’s first playoff shutout since a 1-0 blanking of the Edmonton oilers In the first round in 2021, and the Fourth PostSeason Shutout of His Career. Hellbuyuck Led the nhl with eight shutouts in the Regular Season, which Helped Him Become a Finalist for the Hart Trophy as League MVP and for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s Top Galtender, an AWARD HEAR Won Last Season and in 2020.

Prior to Friday Night, he had not been that Same Goaltender in the Postseon.

Considered by many to be the best netminder in the world, hellbuyck with the world goalie statistic in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Entering Game 2. He was 4-4 With an. Goalie with at last three postseason games played. He was last in the playoffs through eight games with a minus-9.68 Goals saved above exposed. He had a 3.75 goals-gainst average as well, after sporting a gaa of 2.00 and a .925 Save Percentage in the Regular Season.

Yet the jets’ faith in their goaltender never wavered.

“We rely on him. Sometimes too much. But he was incredible tonight,” Said Defenseman Josh morrisseyWho Missed Game 1 Against Dallas and Most of Game 7 Against St. Louis With an injury. “That’s what he does every night for us. He is an incredible goaltender. Like that, it gives the players in Front of a Lot of Confidence. “

Jets Coach Scott Arniel Said His Goalie Was “Fantastic” in game 2.

“Sometimes we take it for granted because he made an easy, but he had some acrobatic ones tonight,” Arniel Said.

That was Especially True in the Second Period. The jets built a 2-0 lead in the first period on Goals by Gabriel Vilardi And Nik ehlerswhere shot deflected off the skate of dallas defenseman Esa lindell. Hellbuyuck made nine saves in that opening frame.

“We pushed hard in the second to try and climb back in the game,” Said dallas coach peter deboer. “Hellebuyuck made some saves. We get one there, maybe the momentum shifts. But that was a good. He could always make it more different, he was with him.”

After the game, hellbuyck toold sportsnet that he believed he was back on his game after the shutout win.

“Now it is locked in. We broke it down to built it back together,” he said. “I like where it is at. I like where the team’s playing.

While the fun conting on the road for Sunday’s game 3 is anyone’s guess.

Hellebuyck was a disaster in the jets’ three games in st. Louis, giving up 16 goals on 66 shots (.758 Save Percentage) and get Pulled in Each Loss. In his past eightpost road games, hellbuyck is 1-7 with a .838 Save Percentage and A 5.19 Goals-Gainst overage.

“We’re still playing hockey and it’s me. That’s fun. It’s the best time of year, because you ‘dialed your game in all year long,” hebuyuck sense.

The jets say they need to be bet in front of their goalie on the road.

“It is going to be a tough built. They grabbed home is Ice from us by winning game 1,” Arniel Said. “It’s [about] Learned Lessons. Take some of the things from that series. We know we have to do a lot of what we did tonight. “