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Dec 20, 2025; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers defenseman Jeff Petry (2) moves the puck against St. Louis Blues center Robby Fabbri (9) during the first period at Amerant Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nJustin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal with 0.7 seconds left in the second period and the St. Louis Blues coasted past the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas scored twice each for the Blues, and Jonatan Berggren added one goal and two assists.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Neighbours leads the Blues with 10 goals this season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Also for the Blues, Cam Fowler posted his 400th career assist on the Blues’ first goal Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The game was a battle between backup goalies. Joel Hofer made 27 saves to earn the win.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Florida’s Daniil Tarasov posted 24 saves, and the Panthers got one goal each from A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Despite the loss — which broke Florida’s four-game win streak — the Panthers are 7-2-0 in their past nine games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Blues scored the only goal in the first period as Neighbours tipped in a shot by Fowler.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n St. Louis extended its lead to 2-0 on Berggren’s power-play goal with 18:05 left in the second. Tarasov caught the shot with his glove, but the puck had just barely crossed the line.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Blues nearly made it 3-0 as Berggren had a breakaway shot. However, Tarasov made a glove save.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n With 12:25 left in the second, Florida’s Seth Jones tried to stuff the puck in from point-blank range. The puck bounced out to the right circle where Jesper Boqvist’s shot was tipped in by Greer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Blues challenged for goalie interference as Greer and Jones were in the blue paint. After a video review, however, it was ruled a good goal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Florida then tied the score 2-2 on Reinhart’s power-play goal with 7:15 left in the second. Brad Marchand had the primary assist with his pass to Reinhart, who scored from the slot, beating Hofer glove-side.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Faulk then gave the Blues a 3-2 lead. He had his back to the net when he spun and shot from beyond the right circle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Blues nearly made it 4-2 with 14:14 left in the third, but Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling swept a loose puck off the line.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n But the Blues put the game away anyway when Neighbours scored again with 7:58 left, and Thomas got his first goal with 7:07 remaining.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Thomas then scored a short-handed empty-netter with 3:32 left for the final margin.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n