Panthers beat Blues 4-1 behind Brady Tkachuk's goal and assist

The Panthers beat the Blues 4-1 at Enterprise Center, and they did it early. Two goals in the first 80 seconds of scoring put St. Louis in a hole it never escaped. Florida moved to 12-7-2 and 26 points. The Blues fell to 9-9-2.

Brady Tkachuk was the player of the game (Chirp Rating 8.1) with a goal, an assist and three shots on goal. He opened the scoring at 5:12 of the first with a snap shot, set up by Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk. Dmitry Kulikov made it 2-0 at 6:29 with a slap shot for his first goal of the season.

Anton Lundell stretched the lead to 3-0 at 3:28 of the second, with Tkachuk getting the assist. Reinhart scored unassisted at 7:38 of the third to make it 4-0. Dylan Holloway got one back for the Blues at 17:54, but it was too late to matter.

Chirp's Sim had the Blues at 53% before the game, so Florida took this one against the lean.