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The Blues, who came into the game with an
NHL-worst 10.6 percent power play, went 2-for-4 with the man
advantage.
Adam Fox and Vincent Trocheck scored and Igor Shesterkin made 15
saves for the Rangers, who are winless (0-2-1) in their last
three games -- their longest winless stretch of the season.
The Rangers struck quickly when Fox scored 1:51 into the game
with a spinning rebound conversion of Barclay Goodrow's shot
from the left flank.
The Blues tied the game just over 2 minutes later when Thomas
burst up the left wing, pulled up along the wall and found Kyrou
breaking into the slot to score his first goal.
Then Kyrou put the Blues up 2-1 with a power-play goal off the
rush at the 7:30 mark. Thomas pushed the puck up the middle and
fed Buchnevich racing up the left wing.
Buchnevich fired a pass to the right post and Kyrou got there
for the redirection.
Saad put the Blues up 3-1 midway through the second period with
a power-play goal. Brayden Schenn caught a cross-ice pass, fired
a shot on goal, then one-handed the rebound to Saad for his
one-time shot from the right circle.
Kyrou pushed the Blues' lead to 4-1 with a breakaway goal with
12:59 left.
Trocheck cut that margin to 4-2 with a power-play goal with 9:02
left with a weak-side rebound conversion. But with Shesterkin
off the ice for an extra attacker, the Rangers got not closer
and Buchnevich scored an empty-net goal with 8 seconds left.
--Field Level Media
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