Connor Hellebuyck pulled again as Blues tie series with Jets

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ST. LOUIS -- Connor Hellebuyck, a two-time Vezina Trophy winner who is among the favorites to win the award again this season, allowed five goals before being pulled on Sunday, as the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets fell to the St. Louis Blues, 5-1, evening their Western Conference first-round series at 2-2.

Hellebuyck has now been pulled in back-to-back games, and on St. Louis ice this series, he has allowed 11 goals and posted a paltry .744 save percentage. Eric Comrie made five saves in relief of Hellebuyck on Sunday, but the game had long been decided by that point.

His performances have not only energized the Blues, the No. 8 seed who lost the first two games of this series,…