WINNIPEG — They call him ‘Vezina-Buyck’ in Winnipeg.
Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, who won his second Vezina Trophy last season, made 35 saves in his third shutout this NHL season as the Jets blanked the visiting Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Thursday."Number 40 feels really good,” the goalie said."That’s one of those milestones. One more is just the 300 wins. I’m really looking forward to that this season.
"Once you are in a rhythm, it just kind of clicks and you see the game, and you kind of get ahead of the game," Hellebuyck said."The more and more shots you get, the better you get of getting ahead of that game. "It's always good to beat a divisional opponent, especially with them beating us last year,” said Gabe Vilardi, who scored the game’s only goal."“There's no sugar coating, it wasn't our best game,” Vilardi said. “ won that game for us. It's that simple. Think we had a good first period, and then after that, it just kind of, we kind of lost it somewhere in the middle of the second.
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