Neal Pionk hammered a slapshot on net hitting Lowry's leg and careening past Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington to send the Jets to round 2.
"Ya it's incredibly special," said Lowry of his series winning tally. "I probably dreamt that it was a little nicer than just going off my leg. You know it's one of those things, on the outdoor rink, in the driveway. You dream about you know being the hero in a game 7. Giving yourself a chance to continue chasing that Stanley Cup."
The Jets came back from a two-goal deficit to post the win as St. Louis went ahead with a pair of first period goals and the Jets didn't tie it up until Cole Perfetti's second tally of the night with 1.6 seconds remaining in regulation.
"We gave it everything we had down to the last second," said Perfetti. "You know obviously missing some guys and guys were stepping up and playing bigger roles. You know there was no quit in this team. We never had any doubt. Even down 3-1 there was no doubt. You know we had a belief in one another and a belief we were gonna come back."
Cole Perfetti scored twice for the Jets.
Kyle Connor had three assists.
Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg, Jordan Kyrou, Mathieu Joseph and Radek Faksa for the Blues.
Jordan Binnington turned aside 44 shots for St. Louis, The Blues started fast, scoring 70 seconds into the game when Joseph Kyrou scored into a wide open net.
Colton Parayko slid the puck into Kyrou's skate in front of the net and Hellebuyck overcommitted, allowing Kyrou to simply slide a one handed backhander into the goal.
The goal was his third of the playoffs.
Mathieu Joseph made it 2-0 at 7:16 after a turnover at the St. Louis blueline following a Kyle Connor turnover at the Blues blue line.
Kyrou took control of the puck, moved over the Jets blueline and waited until he reached the top of the faceoff circle before unleashing a wrister on a partially screened Hellebuyck with a short side wrister.
The goal was his first of the playoffs.
The Jets finished the first period with three shots on goal.
Winnipeg defenceman Josh Morrissey suffered what appeared to be a shoulder injury when Blues Oscar Sundqvist checked him into the end boards just under the five minute mark of the first period. He returned to the game briefly, throwing a check on Mathieu Joseph before leaving the game.
He did not return.
Cole Perfetti got Winnipeg on the board seven seconds into a second period power play.
With Oskar Sundqvist off for slashing, Kyle Connor slid the disc to Perfetti by the side of the Blues net, the Jet centreman redirected it past Binnington to make it 2-1 at 11:41.
The goal was his 2nd of the playoffs.
Radek Faksa scored a late second period goal, converting a Nathan Walker cross ice feed, beating Hellebuyck high glove side to give the Blues a 3-1 lead at 19:25.
The goal was his first of the playoffs.
Vladislav Namestnikov scored with 1:55 left in regulation, banking the puck in off of Ryan Suter's skate to pull the Jets to within one.
The Jets came close to tying it when a goalmouth scramble went to video review but was ruled no goal with 1:05 left.
Cole Perfetti scored with 2.2 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.
The goal was the latest game seven tying goal in NHL history.
There was no scoring in the first overtime.
"I've had a few painful ones. I've had overtime Game 7 losses," said Blues Head Coach Jim Montgomery. "Like it's uh, anytime your season ends it's painful." "The game tying goal, he breaks his stick and we think we can get the puck and win the battle. Unfortunately we didn't and we're out of structure and that's why there's a three-on-two at the net. They whiffed on their one timer and it goes right to a guy in the slot (Perfetti)."
Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel didn't hold back on his take of the game
"To be a part of that was one of the most exciting things I've been a part of. Man it was thrilling. We were extremely nervous to start the game, got down quickly. But our resolve, just our ability to stay in it. Pretty much that's all I kept preaching. Just hang in there, just hang in there....we got stronger as the game went on. We got out of that first period and then you know what after that it was a battle and to tie that game up at the end that was amazing and exciting. I would think anyone watching that one will keep that one in their memory banks for a long time."
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