St. Louis(25-25-3) broke out to a 1-0 lead with 8:33 left in the first period. Brayden Schenn scored a power-play goal on assists from Torey Krug and Robert Thomas.
The Blues expanded it to 2-0 just 35 seconds into the second period. Schenn got his second tally of the contest on a feed from Jordan Kyrou. Nick Leddy made it 3-0 with 7:09 to go in the second with his second goal this year.
Florida(27-24-6) cut it to 3-1 with 1:36 remaining in the period. Eetu Luostarinen found the net for the 13th time this season with assists by Matthew Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe.
In the third period, St. Louis added two more goals in a 20-second span and had a four-goal gap 5-1. Ryan O'Reilly scored at the 9:28 mark followed by Kyrou at 9:48.
The Panthers answered back with 6:32 left and trailed 5-2. Verhaeghe compiled his 29th goal of the season on assists from Tkachuk and Brandon Montour.
The Cats pulled their goalie for extra attacker while on the power play with four minutes to go. Ivan Barbashev eventually scored into an empty net to give the Blues a 6-2 lead with 2:48 remaining.
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