WINNIPEG, MB - APRIL 20: Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck #37 of the Winnipeg Jets guards the net during second period action against the Minnesota Wild in Game Five of the Western Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell MTS Place on April 20, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Hellebuyck is 3rd U.S.-born goalie to nab consecutive playoff shutouts

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Only two other American-born goaltenders have done what Connor Hellebuyck did Friday night.

The Winnipeg Jets netminder joined Mike Richter and Brent Johnson as the only U.S.-born goalies in NHL history to notch consecutive postseason shutouts.

Hellebuyck turned aside all 30 shots he faced in the 5-0 series-clinching victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday, after stopping all 30 shots in a 2-0 win in Game 4 on Tuesday night.

He hasn't allowed a goal since being named a Vezina Trophy finalist before Tuesday's game.

Johnson earned three straight clean sheets with the St. Louis Blues in Games 2, 3, and 4 of the 2002 Western Conference quarterfinals against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Richter posted two consecutive playoff shutouts with the New York Rangers in Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the New York Islanders back in 1994.

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