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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 2
Alex Turcotte, C Out Apr 2
St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Colton Parayko, D Out Mar 27
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 51 20 106 4
Dallas 49 21 102 4
Colorado 45 26 94 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 51 9

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 27 81 13
Anaheim 33 33 74 8
Seattle 31 38 68 6
San Jose 20 44 50 10
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