Tyler Bozak scored the winner as the Blues beat the NHLJets in Game 1.
inside the Winnipeg Whiteout. After one game of this Central Division matchup, however, the operative colours appear to be black and blue.
This was hard, fast hockey played by two big, fast teams that piled the body on thickly and often, as the playoffs opened Wednesday night at Bell MTS Place. A sign of what was to come occurred on the game’s first shift, when Mark Scheifele accidentally/on purpose ran Binnington, drilling him just 34 seconds into the series after the rookie netminder had played the puck behind the Blues’ net. The Jets killed the penalty, and the message was clear: Winnipeg was engaged, and they weren’t going to let St. Louis walk into their rink and push them around.
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