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Game Two @ St. Louis Oct 5
Scottrade Center is where the 1 - 0 Panthers are set to take on the 1 - 0 Blues! A good game was expected by coach Bonehead Moore and didn't disappoint with the Panthers coming out flying against the Blues outshooting them 15 - 7, but once again going into the locker room down 1 - 0 after one period of play. The second period was much more equal and the Panthers knotted it up on a C Scott Gomez ES tally. Shots were 27 - 17 after two periods. The third period had the Panthers dancing on the ropes, as the Blues outshot them 14 - 5, but G Tim Thomas and the defense hung tough finally allowing the go ahead goal by RW Vladimir Tarasenko with only 3:28 left in the period. Shots ended up virtually even 32 - 31 for the Panthers.
In a postgame interview Coach Moore was questioned about the ice time of D pair Gudbranson and Weaver who only played shy of 13 minutes each. Coach Moore replied "It was part of the gameplan, we held them in check for the most part and were rolling all four lines, those two are our strongest defenders and we wanted them fresh if we took a lot of penalties". The followup question was about the 0 -6 PP performance and he joked " Thats what tomorrow's practice will address"
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