The St. Louis Blues celebrate Alexander Steen's goal during second period NHL action in Winnipeg on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.JOHN WOODS/The Canadian Press
Vladimir Tarasenko struck twice as the St. Louis Blues used a trio of goals in the second period to help propel them to a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
Tarasenko, Patrik Berglund and Alexander Steen scored in a span of seven minutes and 21 seconds in the second period to make it 3-0. Tarasenko added his 23nd goal of the season in the third after Winnipeg had closed the gap to 3-2. Brayden Schwartz scored into an empty net and also had an assist.
Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine scored for the Jets (32-14-9), who saw an eight-game point streak (6-0-2) halted. The loss also ended Winnipeg's 10-game point streak (9-0-1) at home.
Jake Allen made 20 stops for St. Louis (34-20-3), which had defeated Colorado 6-1 Thursday. The Blues' record when leading after two periods this season climbed to 26-0-1.
Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves for the Jets, who were playing their fifth game of a 10-game homestand (3-1-1).
Winnipeg had Mark Scheifele back on the ice for his first game since a Dec. 27 upper-body injury. The top-line centre had missed 16 games.
After a scoreless first period, the Blues fired in their trio of goals.
Sloppy attempts by a number of Jets to get the puck out from behind their net led to the first one.
St. Louis forward Brayden Schenn ended up getting the puck in the corner and passed it out to Tarasenko in the circle and he fired a high shot past Hellebuyck's blocker side at 4:18. It was Tarasenko's first goal in seven games and 22nd of the season.
Berglund redirected in a shot by defenceman Robert Bortuzzo at 10:13, then 86 seconds later Steen one-timed a rebound that went by Hellebuyck at 11:39 to make it 3-0.
Connor got the Jets on the board with 2:27 left in the period when his one-timer from the slot went off Blues defenceman Vince Dunn and past Allen for his 18th goal.
The Blues were outshooting the Jets 19-12 heading into the third.
The Jets had a pair of power plays midway through the period and Laine made good on the second one, blasting a high rocket past Allen at 11:39, but Tarasenko added his second of the game just over a minute later to pad the lead.
With the Jets on the power play, Schwartz scored his 17th of the season into the empty net to make it 5-2.
Winnipeg hosts the New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon. St. Louis returns home to take on Pittsburgh the same day.