The St. Louis don’t have a very long history against the Florida Panthers. That history is even shorter this season since this game was the first time they faced one another in 2019-20.
The game opened up with a good pace. The shots were coming with regularity on both sides, despite neither team playing poorly defensively.
The Panthers outshot the Blues 4-2 initially, but St. Louis answered back with seven of the next eight shots. They came close to scoring on a rebound from a Marco Scandella blast, but Alex Steen could only tap it between his legs and the goaltender was sprawled out to make a glove save on the ice.