Panthers' Vokoun makes 34 saves in shutout
Last Updated: Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 12:22 AM ET
The Associated Press
Tomas Vokoun stopped all 34 shots for his 32nd NHL shutout and Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist as the Florida Panthers beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 Saturday night.
Cory Stillman, Stephen Weiss and Dennis Seidenberg also scored for the Panthers, who won Friday night in a shutout at Dallas.
The back-to-back wins doubled Florida's win total for the month.
Vokoun, who earned his first shutout of the season, made his 27th appearance against St. Louis and 25th career start. Many of those came while playing in Nashville.
He improved to 13-10-3 overall against St. Louis and had a 2.01 goals-against average going into the game.
"I felt good. Obviously every time you get a shutout it's a mix of good play and luck. The most important is the two points," Vokoun said.
"I got to see the puck well today. Guys were blocking shots. It was a little bit easier than some other games."
The Blues, who lost for the fifth time in six home games, have gone 123 minutes 50 seconds without a goal at home and dropped below .500 for the first time this season.
They are 3-6-1 since opening the season with two wins over Detroit in Sweden.
"When you're struggling to score like we are at this time, you've got to be so solid defensively," Blues coach Andy Murray said. "Unfortunately, we weren't."
Stillman, a former Blues forward, put the Panthers ahead 1-0 at 10:36 of the first period with his first of the season. He took a backhand feed from Horton and beat goalie Chris Mason from the slot.
Weiss netted his fourth, scoring from the right circle at 17:24 to make it 2-0.
Seidenberg's first of the season came off a wrist shot from the left point that got past a screened Mason 8:08 into the third.
Horton finished the scoring with an empty-net goal with 2:58 remaining.
"We've just got to find our game here. We're definitely off track. We just to find a way to work hard this week and try to get back," Blues forward Keith Tkachuk said.
