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Eetu Luostarinen replied for the Panthers, who
have lost four of five games. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23
shots.
Despite the Panthers holding a 15-6 edge in shots at the time,
Kyrou opened the scoring at the 4:50 mark of the second period.
Taking advantage of an odd-man rush, and sub-standard defending
when the original opportunity went for naught, Kyrou eventually
buried a chance for his seventh goal of the season.
Kyrou set up Buchnevich's short-handed goal three minutes later.
During to another odd-man rush, Kyrou eventually sent a pass to
Buchnevich in the slot and he took his time to pick his spot.
The assist gives Kyrou six points (two goals, four assists) in a
four-game stretch.
Luostarinen benefited from a lucky-bounce power-play goal to put
the Panthers on the board at 13:47 of the frame. He sent a puck
off the side glass that was intended to go deep in the offensive
zone, which Hofer left his net to play, but the puck ricocheted
off a stanchion and bounced into the net for Luostarinen's fifth
of the season.
However, Toropchenko restored the Blues' two-goal lead just
under three minutes later. Toropchenko was at the net and
deflected Marco Scandella's point shot for his sixth goal of the
season.
Buchnevich rounded out the scoring with an empty-net goal with
3:09 remaining in regulation, his 12th goal of the campaign.
--Field Level Media
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