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Adrian Kempe scored and Cam Talbot made 27
saves for the Kings, who suffered just their second regulation
loss in their last seven games.
The Kings controlled play for much of the first period while
outshooting the Blues 14-9.
But Binnington kept the Kings off the board with razor-sharp
goaltending and Toropchenko put St. Louis up 1-0. He took a pass
from Nick Leddy, looped above the right circle and threw a
turnaround shot past Talbot with 2:30 left in the period.
The Blues doubled their lead 1:57 into the second period by
scoring on the rush. Zachary Bolduc took a pass from Justin
Faulk, broke in on right wing and shoveled the puck toward the
net.
Faulk drove down the middle and Neighbours raced in from left
wing to punch the puck through Talbot.
While the Blues were on their first power play, the Kings nearly
scored short-handed. Drew Doughty broke to the net on a
two-on-one rush and deflected a pass out of midair, but
Binnington denied him.
A few minutes later, the Kings' Quinton Byfield backhanded a
follow-up shot off the right post during a goal-mouth scramble.
Talbot stopped Saad's walk-in from the right circle early in the
third to keep the Kings within range. Talbot also stopped Kevin
Hayes from the slot off a three-on-one rush.
Saad upped the Blues' lead to 3-0, redirecting a pass from
Colton Parayko past Talbot from a tough angle with 9:34
remaining in the game.
Binnington's bid for his 16th career shutout ended when Kempe
scored from the top of the crease with 6:52 left.
--Field Level Media
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