Schenn scores twice to lead Blues past Panthers, 6-2
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brayden Schenn scored twice and Jordan Binnington made 34 saves to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
Ryan O'Reilly, Jordan Kyrou, Ivan Barbashev and Nick Leddy also scored for the Blues, who won their second in a row following a five-game losing streak.
Carter Verhaeghe and Eetu Luostarinen scored for Florida, which had won four of five.
The Blues scored first when Schenn deflected a shot by Torey Krug that bounced off the back wall and kicked off the skate of goalie Spencer Knight.
Schenn converted on a wrist shot from inside the circle 25 seconds into the second period to make it 2-0.
O'Reilly and Kyrou scored 20 seconds apart in the third to push the lead to 5-1. Kyrou leads the team with 24 goals.
The Blues have scored six goals in each of their last two games.
Knight made 22 saves for Florida, which fell to 11-6-2 since Jan. 3. The Panthers were coming off a 2-1 win over Minnesota on Monday.
Binnington improved to 20-18-3 with his second successive win.
The Panthers came in averaging an NHL-best 36.1 shots per game.
St. Louis has killed off the last 13 penalties against Florida.
MILESTONE
Leddy played in his 900th career game, becoming the 528th player in NHL history to reach that plateau. The defenseman's first game came with Chicago at Colorado on Oct. 7, 2010.
PANTHERS HONOR VICTIMS
Panthers players wore T-shirts into the arena honoring victims of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. The shirts had the names of the 17 people who were killed. Many players have formed relationships with the families of those victims.
UP NEXT
Panthers: Continue their road trip Thursday at Washington.
Blues: Host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
