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St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings

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Final
3 - 2

Robert Thomas scores in regulation and shootout, Blues beat Kings 3-2

Blues top Kings for SO victory

Jake Neighbours also scored for St. Louis late in the first period while Jordan Binnington made 21 saves as the Blues played their second game of six-game trip and the first of three in Southern California.

Quinton Byfield and Trevor Moore scored for the Kings, who have now lost five straight. Darcey Kuemper made 28 saves.

Neighbours scored with 1:10 to play in the first period, flipping a backhander over Kuemper's shoulder.

Byfield tied it at 1-1 just 32 seconds later.

Moore scored at 9:46 of the second period to put LA up 2-1. It was his sixth goal in his last 11 games.

Thomas tied it at 2-all on the power play with 47 seconds to play in the second period.

Takeaways Blues: The surging Blues are 6-1-1 in their past eight games.

Kings: The Kings remain in third place in the Pacific Division despite their recent skid.

Key moment Binnington made two saves in overtime on clean breakaways by the Kings then stopped Adrian Kempe and Moore in the shootout.

Key stat Thomas has five goals and 10 assists during his 11-game point streak.

Up next The Blues are at Anaheim on Friday night, then return to Crypto.com Arena to face the Kings again Saturday night. The Kings are off until Saturday.

Regular Season Series

STL leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 18:50 Jake Neighbours Goal (16) Backhand, assists: Colton Parayko (20)
Goal 1st Period 19:22 Quinton Byfield Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Kevin Fiala (16), Vladislav Gavrikov (18)
Goal 2nd Period 10:14 Trevor Moore Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Mikey Anderson (11), Warren Foegele (16)
Goal 2nd Period 19:13 Robert Thomas Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (30), Cam Fowler (16)
Goal 5 0:00 Jake Neighbours Goal Wrist Shot
Goal 5 0:00 Kevin Fiala Goal Wrist Shot
Goal 5 0:00 Robert Thomas Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

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19 Blocked Shots 17
20 Hits 22
1 Takeaways 1
30 Shots 23
1 Power Play Goals 0
4 Power Play Opportunities 2
25.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 25
51.9 Faceoff Win Percent 48.1
10 Giveaways 25
2 Total Penalties 4
4 Penalty Minutes 8
Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tanner Jeannot, LW Out Apr 20
St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dylan Holloway, C Day-To-Day Apr 25
Torey Krug, D Injured Reserve Oct 8

Game Information

crypto.com Arena

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 14,055 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 56 22 116 4
Dallas 50 26 106 6
Colorado 49 29 102 4
Minnesota 45 30 97 7
St. Louis 44 30 96 8
Utah 38 31 89 13
Nashville 30 44 68 8
Chicago 25 46 61 11

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 50 22 110 10
Los Angeles 48 25 105 9
Edmonton 48 29 101 5
Calgary 41 27 96 14
Vancouver 38 30 90 14
Anaheim 35 37 80 10
Seattle 35 41 76 6
San Jose 20 50 52 12
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