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Blackhawks, Blues Lose for First Time in 2017

>>Wild Down Blackhawks
 
Chris Stewart broke a tie midway through the third period with the first of his two goals and the Wild beat the Chicago Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Thursday night.
 
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist, and Devan Dubnyk made 36 saves to help the Wild (1-1-1) hand Chicago (3-1-1) its first regulation loss.
 
Stewart tapped Zucker's feed past Corey Crawford from the doorstep with 9:28 left in the third to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead on a disputed play.
 
Stewart and Zucker broke in 2-on-1 against Duncan Keith after fellow defenseman Brent Seabrook fell down. The goal withstood a video review after the Blackhawks challenged Zucker was offside.
 
Zucker added a power-play goal with 7:31 to go on the delay-of-game penalty that resulted from the failed Chicago challenge. He banged the puck in from behind the net off Crawford's skate.
 
Jonathan Toews' goal in the final minute completed the scoring.
 
Crawford stopped 29 shots. Chicago entered having outscored its opponents 21-7 in four games.
 
>>Panthers Down Blues
 
Robert Luongo reached 454 victories, making 37 saves to help the Florida Florida Panthers beat the St. Louis St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday night.
 
Vincent Trocheck scored the go-ahead goal, Ian McCoshen had his first NHL goal, and Jared McCann, Aaron Ekblad and Nick Bjugstad also connected for Florida.
 
Paul Stastny and Vince Dunn - also with his first career goal - countered for St. Louis. Jake Allen stopped 33 shots in the Blues' first loss in five games this season.
 
Trocheck put the Panthers ahead 2-1 with a short-handed goal at 2:45 of the second period. Trocheck skated in on a breakaway and shot over Allen's glove. 
 
McCann made it 3-1 on a power play at 7:42 of the second, redirecting Radim Vrbata's shot.
 
Ekblad gave the Panthers a 4-1 lead at 3:16 of the third when he took a pass from Jonathan Huberdeau in front and fired it past Allen. Bjugstad scored with 5:58 left made it 5-1.
 
The Blues are at Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

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