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Morrissey adds some O-zone flash to shutdown role on blue line

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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Josh Morrissey is showing some of the offensive skills that he's had tucked away until recently.

With defencemen Dustin Byfuglien and Toby Enstrom on the shelf with injuries, the 22-year-old blue-liner is pushing up the ice with more regularity, slipping into the slot and releasing more shots than he has since breaking into the NHL late in the 2015-16 campaign.

He fired a goal and added an assist Sunday in Winnipeg's 4-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues — the fifth and sixth points he's accumulated in December, his most productive month since securing a regular spot on the Jets' D.