Mathieu Perreault is keenly aware of just how close he came to being the Game 4 goat.
The Winnipeg Jets forward was stuck in the penalty box after taking a careless tripping minor on Blues defenceman Vince Dunn with less than four minutes left in a 1-1 game in St. Louis Tuesday night.
He was already guilty of taking a cross-checking penalty late in the middle frame that led to Vladimir Tarasenko's power-play goal 35 seconds into the third, breaking a scoreless tie.
Mark Scheifele scored seven minutes later to knot it up again.