Jaden Schwartz (Colorado College) almost single-handedly boosted the St. Louis Blues to the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. His hat trick on Saturday provided all of St. Louis's offense in a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets that sealed the series for the Blues in six games. He scored one goal in each period to boost the Blues to a 3-0 lead en route to the victory, their first in a Stanley Cup playoff series since 2017.
Schwartz, 26, from Wilcox, Sask. finished seventh on the St. Louis scoring scroll this season with 11 goals and 25 assists for 36 points. Drafted 14th overall by the Blues in 2010, the 5-foot-10 forward has tallied 124-183—307 points in 489 career NHL regular-season outings to date, all with St. Louis.
Schwartz played at Colorado College from 2010 to 2012, where he collected 32-56—88 points in 60 games with the Tigers. He also helped CC to its most recent NCAA Tournament berth in 2011, where the Tigers beat Boston College but fell to Michigan in the West Regional in St. Louis.
The Blues will next take on the winner of the Dallas-Nashville series, with Dallas currently ahead in that Western Conference best-of-seven match-up, three games to two.
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