Florida Panthers (10-9-4 24P) vs St. Louis Blues (15-6-3 33P)
- WHEN: 8:00 p.m. ET – LBC GameThread right here at 7:30ish
- WHERE: Scottrade Center – St. Louis, MO/
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- ON THE TUBE: FOX Sports Florida, FOX Sports Midwest
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- ENEMY INTEL: St. Louis Game Time
- SB NATION: Game Hub /
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- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 2 (0-0)
- ALL-TIME vs STL: 7W-17L-3T 1OTL 1SOL 47GF 76GA
- ALL-TIME at STL: 3W-11L-1T 0OTL 0SOL 20GF 44GA
- LAST FIVE vs STL: 0-4-1 4GF 21GA/
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- PROJECTED STARTERS: Luongo (8-8-3 .924/2.37 1SO), Allen (11-4-2 .930/2.04 3SO)
- JAGR WATCH: All-time vs STL (reg season): 29GP 8G-17A 25P 0GWG
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / St. Louis /
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- NOTES: After losing four of their first five games that went past the sixty-minute mark, the Panthers have now won two straight…The Blues have taken six in a row against the Cats. The last time Florida was victorious was a 4-0, Tomas Vokoun shutout win back on October 31, 2009…Injured D Dmitry Kulikov practiced Monday, but will not play tonight…Former Panther Scottie Upshall has 4 goals in 18 games for the Blues since earning a one-year deal in training camp…St. Louis D Kevin Shattenkirk is currently riding an eight-game point streak…This will be Florida’s fourth chance this season to build a three-game winning streak. The previous three attempts all ended in two-goal defeats.
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“Look at the standings and you’d like two points and not let them pick up one, but we did what we had to do [in Detroit] and now we got a tough building. We got to keep winning … and start climbing the standings.”
– Sunday hero Brian Campbell looking ahead to this evening’s event (Sun-Sentinel).
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Last game for the Cats: 2-1 (OT) victory from home-away-from-home Detroit on Sunday. Past five: 2-2-1 11GF 14GA (streak: 2W)
Last game for the Blues: 3-1 home win over ‘Lumbus Saturday. Past five: 3-0-2 14GF 12GA (streak: 1W)
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Monday Practice Action via PlagensVision:
NHL.com Preview:
Goalie Brian Elliott made 40 saves, and Jori Lehtera scored in the fifth round of the shootout in the St. Louis Blues’ 2-1 victory against the Florida Panthers on Feb. 15. The Blues also defeated the Panthers 4-2 in St. Louis on Dec. 8, 2014. Forward Nick Bjugstad scored two goals for Florida. (More)
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Tuesday in the Atlantic Division (Standings / Panthers Playoff Chances):
- Columbus (10-15-0 20P) at MONTREAL (18-4-3 39P), 7:30
- Philadelphia (9-10-5 23P) at OTTAWA (12-6-5 29P), 7:30
- BUFFALO (10-12-2 22P) at DETROIT (12-8-4 28P), 7:30
- Idle: BOS (13-8-1 27P), TBL (11-11-3 25P), TOR (8-11-5 21P)/
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