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Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues

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Stone scores 19 seconds into game, Hertl scores in 4th straight, and Vegas downs St. Louis 4-2

Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis Blues: Game Highlights

Victor Olofsson, Pavel Dorofeyev and Tomas Hertl also added goals while Ilya Samsonov made 15 saves as Vegas won for the second time in its last eight games.

Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas scored goals and Joel Hofer made 27 saves for St. Louis, which beat the Golden Knights 5-4 in a shootout Monday night in Las Vegas.

Hertl, who scored into an empty net with 27 seconds left, has scored in each of his last four games and has six goals and five assists over a seven-game point streak.

Dorofeyev scored his team-leading 21st goal of the season on a power play 6:30 into the second period to put Vegas ahead 3-1.

Kyrou scored his team-leading 21st goal of the season to put cut St. Louis’ deficit to 2-1 just 1:28 after Olofsson scored his 11th goal of the season 8:54 into the first period.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Played a sound defensive game after allowing at least three goals in every game of its four-game winless streak.

Blues: Struggled to generate offense all night after falling behind 19 seconds into the game. St. Louis was outshot 24-8 over the first two periods.

Key Moment Vegas took control of the game early when Cam Fowler turned the puck over to Stone on a clearing attempt, leading to Stone’s early goal.

Key Stat Vegas is now 4-0-0 this season when holding an opponent to fewer than 20 shots on goal.

Up Next Golden Knights: At Dallas on Friday night.

Blues: Host Dallas on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

VGK wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:19 Mark Stone Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 8:54 Victor Olofsson Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Ivan Barbashev (16), Alex Pietrangelo (22)
Goal 1st Period 10:22 Jordan Kyrou Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Dylan Holloway (22)
Goal 2nd Period 6:30 Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Stone (28), Jack Eichel (47)
Goal 3rd Period 16:34 Robert Thomas Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (20), Justin Faulk (16)
Goal 3rd Period 19:33 Tomas Hertl Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

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18 Blocked Shots 5
15 Hits 29
3 Takeaways 4
31 Shots 17
1 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 2
50.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 30
47.4 Faceoff Win Percent 52.6
11 Giveaways 10
2 Total Penalties 2
4 Penalty Minutes 4
St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Colton Parayko, D Out Mar 27
Torey Krug, D Injured Reserve Oct 8
Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ilya Samsonov, G Day-To-Day Apr 2

Game Information

Enterprise Center

Location: Saint Louis, MO
Attendance: 17,430 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 45 21 98 8
Los Angeles 42 23 93 9
Edmonton 43 26 91 5
Calgary 35 27 82 12
Vancouver 34 28 81 13
Anaheim 33 33 74 8
Seattle 32 38 70 6
San Jose 20 44 50 10

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 51 20 106 4
Dallas 49 21 102 4
Colorado 46 26 96 4
Minnesota 41 28 89 7
St. Louis 41 28 89 7
Utah 34 29 80 12
Nashville 27 40 62 8
Chicago 21 44 52 10
Full Standings