Hellebuyck saw his four-game winning streak end when he allowed four goals on 27 shots to Utah on Monday in a 5-2 loss. The 31-year-old will look to get back on track against the Avalanche, a team he shut out Jan. 11 with a 22-save performance, which was his league-leading sixth shutout of the campaign.
The Colorado Avalanche and Winnipeg Jets wrap up their season series on Wednesday night in Denver, and both teams are hoping to rebound from disappointing losses on Monday.
Sizzling streak ends Monday
Winnipeg’s all-world goalie has learned to stop being so hard on himself, leaning into playful back and forth banter in practice and helping his teammates become better shooters, John Lu writes.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22 shots for his sixth shutout of the season as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0.
Connor Hellebuyck has a chance to be the first goaltender to win back-to-back Vezina Trophies since Martin Brodeur in 2007 and 2008 and the first netminder to win the Hart Trophy since Carey Price in 2014-15.
Connor Hellebuyck has backstopped the Winnipeg Jets for over 500 games, including his ascent to the third-fastest goaltender in NHL history to reach the 300-win milestone.
Hellebuyck has earned a shutout in three straight regular season meetings with Colorado. The two-time Vezina Trophy winner had 35 saves in a 1-0 win on Nov. 7 and 30 saves in a 7-0 win on April 13. He is 15-7-4 with five shutouts in 26 regular-season games against the Avalanche, including 8-1-0 in his past nine.
The Winnipeg Jets have made plans to honour goaltender Connor Hellebuyck on Friday night. A special pre-game ceremony will take place in advance of the 7:00 PM central puck drop at Canada Life Centre between the Jets and Los Angeles Kings.
WINNIPEG, MB — Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22 shots for his sixth shutout of the season as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Saturday night. Nikolaj Ehlers had two goals ...
Connor Hellebuyck did it again. Just like he did in November, Hellebuyck continued his redemption against the Avalanche following last year’s disappointing playoff exit with yet another shutout victory.
The Jets GM gave a midseason address Tuesday in which he also spoke about Logan Stanley's role, plans for Winnipeg's UFAs and more.