Panthers face the Blues, seek 4th straight win
Florida Panthers (17-4-3, first in the Atlantic) vs. St. Louis Blues (12-8-4, second in the Central)
St. Louis; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blues -100, Panthers -119; over/under is 6
BOTTOM LINE: Florida will try to keep its three-game win streak going when the Panthers take on St. Louis.
The Blues are 7-3-1 on their home ice. St. Louis ranks fourth in the Western Conference averaging 6.0 assists per game, led by Robert Thomas with 0.8.
The Panthers have gone 3-3-3 away from home. Florida averages 8.2 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Eastern Conference. Radko Gudas leads the team serving 26 total minutes.
The teams square off for the second game in a row.
TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Saad leads the Blues with 10 goals and has 13 points. Pavel Buchnevich has five goals and five assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.
Aleksander Barkov leads the Panthers with nine goals and has 17 points. Jonathan Huberdeau has five goals and 11 assists over the last 10 games for Florida.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blues: 4-4-2, averaging three goals, 5.3 assists, 3.2 penalties and seven penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with a .910 save percentage.
Panthers: 7-2-1, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.2 penalties and seven penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with a .909 save percentage.
INJURIES: Blues: Jordan Binnington: out (covid-19), Justin Faulk: day to day (undisclosed), David Perron: day to day (upper body), Tyler Bozak: day to day (health protocols).
Panthers: Markus Nutivaara: out (undisclosed), Mason Marchment: day to day (upper body), Anthony Duclair: day to day (lower body), Aleksander Barkov: out (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.