St. Louis, MO (My Sportsbook) - Ben Bishop and Marek Schwarz combined for a shutout, and the St. Louis Blues crushed the Florida Panthers, 4-0, at Scottrade Center.

Bishop, who at 6-foot-7 is the tallest goaltender ever to play in the NHL, became the starter when Manny Legace injured himself when he tripped on a carpet laid out for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Friday's loss to the Kings. Bishop made 12 saves in his first career start, and Schwarz saved all five shots he faced in the win.

Bishop left midway through the third period with a lower body injury. He was going to retrieve a puck behind the net and got tangled up. When the play went down to the other end, he took himself out of the game.

Brad Boyes notched two goals, and Keith Tkachuk and Paul Kariya each tallied a goal apiece for the Blues, who have won four of six. Andy McDonald assisted on three of the goals in the victory.

Craig Anderson allowed four goals on 31 shots, as no Florida player was able to record more than three shots. The Panthers had their two-game winning streak broken.

St. Louis tallied the first goal on the power play with 4:35 left in the first. McDonald was wedged in between two defenders, but was able to cleanly get the puck to Tkachuk in front of the net. Tkachuk found a wide-open Boyes on the other side of the crease, and Boyes easily deposited the puck just below the crossbar at point-blank range.

Florida had a couple power-play opportunities in the first but couldn't muster many chances. The Panthers managed just five total shots in the opening frame, but Bishop was able to keep them off the board.

The Blues opened a two-goal advantage early in the second. David Backes took a wrist shot from the left circle, and Kariya was able to tip it in mid-air past Anderson just 36 seconds into the frame.

Tkachuk continued his line's productive night, scoring a power-play goal with 6:04 to go in the second.

St. Louis put the game out of reach in the third. Anderson allowed a rebound to go too far out, and Boyes was able to grab it, fake around a defender and beat the netminder less than five minutes into the period.

Game Notes

St. Louis has won four of the last seven meetings with the Panthers...Florida made its first visit to St. Louis since the 2003-2004 season...Coming into the game, the Blues converted on a league-leading 35 percent of their power-play opportunities. They went 2-for-7 in Saturday's game...Florida was 0-for-5 on the man-advantage.