St. Louis Blues at Florida Panthers

· National Hockey League

St. Louis Blues

14-15-8

Final
6 - 2

Florida Panthers

19-14-2

Neighbours and Thomas score twice to lead the Blues over the Panthers 6-2

St. Louis Blues vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Jonatan Berggren and Justin Faulk also scored for the Blues, and Joel Hofer made 27 saves. Pavel Buchnevich and Berggren added two assists.

A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart scored for the Panthers, who had won four straight. Daniil Tarasov stopped 25 shots.

The Blues led 2-0 early in the second period before Greer and Reinhart scored for the tie.

The Blues took a 3-2 lead into the third when Faulk sent a shot past Tarasov with 0.8 seconds remaining in the period.

Neighbours opened the scoring midway through the firat and restored their two-goal lead on his second goal with 5:58 remaining.

Thomas scored with 7:07 left and added an empty-net goal with 3:32 remaining.

Jonatan Berggren gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead 1:55 into the second period when his shot crossed the goal line in Tarasov's glove.

Florida was still without Matthew Tkachuk, the St. Louis native who has been skating in recent weeks but has yet to make his season debut following offseason surgery to repair an adductor muscle and sports hernia.

The Panthers are hoping he will be able to return in time for the Winter Classic at loanDepot Park — home of baseball’s Miami Marlins — against the New York Rangers on Jan. 2.

Up next Blues: Visit Tampa Bay on Monday.

Panthers: Visit Carolina on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

STL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 9:59	Jake Neighbours Goal (9) Tip-In, assists: Cam Fowler (12), Otto Stenberg (1)
Goal	2nd Period 1:55	Jonatan Berggren Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (13), Robert Thomas (18)
Goal	2nd Period 7:35	A.J. Greer Goal (7) Deflected, assists: Jesper Boqvist (4), Seth Jones (15)
Goal	2nd Period 12:45	Sam Reinhart Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Brad Marchand (20), Sam Bennett (13)
Goal	2nd Period 19:59	Justin Faulk Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Jonatan Berggren (5)
Goal	3rd Period 12:02	Jake Neighbours Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Otto Stenberg (2), Brayden Schenn (8)
Goal	3rd Period 12:53	Robert Thomas Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (14), Jonatan Berggren (6)
Goal	3rd Period 16:28	Robert Thomas Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

STL		FLA
14	Blocked Shots	7
19	Hits	26
4	Takeaways	2
32	Shots	29
1	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	4
33.3	Power Play Percentage	25.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
33	Faceoffs Won	32
50.8	Faceoff Win Percent	49.2
11	Giveaways	15
4	Total Penalties	3
8	Penalty Minutes	6