ST. PAUL, Minn. — The big boss stopped Connor Hellebuyck in the dressing room and looked him right in the eye.



“I’m so proud of you,’’ Winnipeg Jets chairman Mark Chipman said to his goaltender. “You were just so, so solid in there.’’



Not that Chipman nor anyone connected to the Jets organization had any doubt about Hellebuyck’s bounce-back ability but the fact it came on a day where the netminder was recognized in a real special fashion is probably what the Jets part-owner was also pumped up about.



About 90 minutes after finding out he was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, the 24-year-old Hellebuyck went out and stymied the Minnesota Wild with a 30-save shutout to put the Jets one win away from a second-round berth. Which of course would be a first in Jets 2.0 history.



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