Jets fans were subjected to wild swings of emotion at Friday's Whiteout street party in downtown Winnipeg.
After falling behind early in the first period, the home team stormed back to tie the score less than seven minutes later.
The thousands of fans jammed together around Bell MTS Place erupted early in the second period, when Patrik Laine gave the Jets a 2-1 lead on one of his patented one-timers.
But St. Louis didn't go away, dampening the crowd's spirits with two goals in just over three minutes to take a 3-2 lead.
Mark Scheifele tied the game at 3-3 late in the second period, setting up a final frame that had fans biting their nails.
Groans erupted early in the third period, when St. Louis's Ryan O'Reilly scored to give the Blues a 4-3 lead.
And as the clock wound down and the Jets' hopes for a comeback faded, fans were left cold, disappointed, but hopeful for a reversal of fortunes in Games 3 and 4 in St. Louis.