Binnington, Blues blank Bolts, 5-0 Binnington makes 35 saves in shutout

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In St Louis,Jordan Binnington made 30 saves in a 5-0 rout of the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

“It’s a team that you’re proud to be a part of,” Binnington said. “It’s a month or two of working hard and buying in. It’s nice to see some results come our way. We’re just staying patient and playing together and trusting the system, and we’re getting rewarded.”

The Blues improved to 8-5-1.
Binnington got all the support he would need when Colton Parayko scored at 11:09 of the opening stanza for a 1-0 lead to St Louis.
In the middle frame, the Blues struck twice in 19 seconds to take control of the game, 3-0.

The Blues scored twice in 19 seconds late in the second period to extend it to 3-0.

Jordan Kyrou, who had a pair of goals in the win,  scored at 16:17, to push the lad to 2-0 for the Blues.

“It’s just a chemistry play with ‘Rouzy,'” th Blues Torey Krug said. “We’ve talked over the years. If he sees that I get the puck in transition, he can take off and I’ll try to get it to him. Obviously, he saw open ice and he made a great move on the breakaway.”

Jakub Vrana the hit at 16:36 for the 3-0 advantage.

“To be honest with you, I’m trying to find these areas,” Vrana said. “Sometimes you’re going to read it, you’re going to go to the net at times, stay there, because that’s where the goals are. If you find areas like where you see your teammate can make that play.

“I knew it, he saw me. I was ready for it; it was a great pass. He had his head up all the time. I just looked for that area to find the spot to be there for that pass.”

Tampa dropped to 6-6-4
“People are going to look and say we’ve been shut out the last couple of games,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “The problem is, it’s not our offense. We’re giving up gifts, and we’re having good stretches in the game. That’s been the story this year. It’s just giving up those easy ones. Guys are getting discouraged and then they’re fighting it a bit, so that kind of hurts the mojo of your team.”
In the third, the Blues put the game away with a pair of markers.
Kasperi Kapanen hit for an empty-net goal at 16:02 for a 4-0 lead for St Louis.
Kyrou hit for his double at 19:18 for the 5-0 final.

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Jonas Johansson made 24 saves in the loss.
We had a good start and then we started giving up chances,” the Lightning’s Victor Hedman said. “The second period was an even period, and then we gave up two in less than a minute, so, just breakdowns. It wasn’t like we were dominated. I think it was an even match. We just gave up way too much.”