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Zack Bolduc and Jordan Kyrou scored, and Jordan
Binnington made 37 saves for the Blues (42-33-5, 89 points), who
were eliminated from the race for the second wild-card berth in
the West when the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Minnesota
Wild later Friday.
Bolduc gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead at 17:34 of the first period.
Nick Leddy took a Robert Thomas pass to the left circle before
feeding Bolduc with a no-look pass through the seam for a
one-timer that went glove side.
Kasperi Kapanen had a chance to double it on a breakaway with
just over a minute remaining, but his shot went wide.
Seconds later, Jordan Martinook tied it 1-1. Andrei Svechnikov
collected the loose puck that bounced up the ice after Kapanen's
attempt and sent a pass to Martinook inside the offensive zone.
Martinook then cut to the middle before sending a wrist shot
sliding under Binnington's right pad at 18:59.
Kyrou scored on the power play to put the Blues ahead 2-1 at
5:41 of the second period. With four Hurricanes converging on
him in the left circle, Pavel Buchnevich sent a backhand to the
open side of the ice for Kyrou, who beat a screened Andersen
under his right arm.
Two minutes later, Buchnevich tried to slide a backhand past the
goalie on a drive to the net but was denied at the last minute
by the stick of a trailing Martin Necas.
The Hurricanes tied it once again when Jarvis drove down the
left side before firing from the top of the left circle to make
it 2-2 at 8:07 of the second period.
Slavin gave Carolina a 3-2 lead at 7:53 of the third period when
he pinched low in the left circle to direct a Sebastian Aho feed
into an open side.
Guentzel scored an empty-net goal at 17:20 and added another at
19:10.
--Field Level Media
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