Defensive zone turnovers continue to haunt Jets

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THE CANADIAN PRESS/JOHN WOODSThe horrible way the Winnipeg Jets closed out the 2018-19 regular season and the much-more inspired play we’ve seen in the playoffs met in a calamitous Game 5 loss Thursday to the St. Louis Blues.

For two periods, the Jets put on a dominant showing: starting with a strong forecheck by Andrew Copp and a loose-puck recovery from Brandon Tanev that he immediately put on net to produce a rebound that bounced onto the stick of a perfectly positioned Adam Lowry who wired it home — all within 12 seconds of the first faceoff.

When Kevin Hayes scored on a drive to the net through traffic some 13 minutes later, it looked like it might…