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Jordan Binnington made 30 saves for the Blues,
who have alternated losses and wins through their first seven
games of the season (3-3-1).
The Canucks dominated play from the start. They put the first 10
shots on goal in the game and got a near-miss from Sam Lafferty,
who hit the right post on a breakaway.
Hughes finally put the Canucks up 1-0 by stepping in from the
left point to fire a shot through heavy traffic 7:59 into the
game.
Vancouver outshot St. Louis 19-3 in the first period, but the
Blues escaped with the one-goal deficit by killing three
penalties and part of a fourth before the break.
The Canucks continued their dominance in the second period while
pushing the lead to 4-0.
Hughes struck again at the 5:48 mark of the second. He circled
the top of the offensive zone, cut to the right faceoff dot on
his backhand and attempted to make a cross-ice pass. However,
the puck caromed off the skate of Blues forward Kevin Hayes into
the net.
Di Giuseppe scored just 1:10 later, taking a pass from Tyler
Myers and splitting the St. Louis defense to beat Binnington on
a clean break-in.
Miller pushed the Canucks' lead to 4-0 with a short-handed goal.
Pettersson intercepted a St. Louis breakout pass and sent Miller
in for a breakaway at 8:52.
Brayden Schenn got a breakaway for the Blues early in the third
period, but Demko rejected him to maintain his shutout.
Mikheyev scored off the rush at the 6:35 mark of the third
period to make it 5-0.
--Field Level Media
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