The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-3, with William Karlsson, Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev, and Keegan Kolesar all contributing 2-point nights. The Golden Knights improved to 17-5-5 on the season. The Blues, now 13-11-1, struggled with penalties, allowing almost 50 shots on goal and facing eight power plays. The game saw the Blues go W-L in their last eight games. The Golden Knights scored four goals in the second period, overcoming a two-goal deficit, and secured the win with an empty-net goal. The Blues' coach, Berube, cited penalties as a key factor in the loss and acknowledged the team's inconsistency in the home-and-home series with Vegas.
Blues split home-and-home with Vegas, but the 2 games exemplify the team’s inconsistency. #stlblues https://t.co/cMlwYmTUPn
Game recap: #VGK score four in second, overcome two-goal deficit to top #stlblues 6-3: https://t.co/tViZNuam0F
Three-period takeaways from #stlblues 6-3 loss against #VGK included falling behind but responding accordingly in a well-played first; but alas, the second period wasn't good; too many penalties in third prevented home side from pushing back: https://t.co/xbQirN1kAG
Three keys in #stlblues 6-3 loss against #VGK included a PP that had chance to put stranglehold on game up 3-1; too many penalties; second period woes again: https://t.co/AfTQROjksq
Berube: "In the second period, I thought there was a couple of plays where we got away from our game and we ended up taking a penalty because of it - tripping, hooking, slashing. I'm not going to sit here and complain about the refereeing. We took too many penalties." #stlblues
Berube acknowledged the unsportsmanlike stemmed from Blues' frustration over no-call on McNabb for tripping Saad: "Yeah. But obviously we took too many penalties in the game. I think that was one of the biggest problems. It was hard. A lot of (penalty) killing. #stlblues
Berube on not challenging goalie interference on Marchessault goal that made it 3-3: "It was too gray. Didn't feel it was a call that would go our way. That was a tough one. (Karlsson) is going through there making an attempt on a play. I thought about it, but it was too gray."
Berube on not challenging 3-3 goal: "It was too gray. I didn't feel it was a call that would go our way." #stlblues
Berube on three quick goals allowed in second: "Penalties for sure. I thought we took a couple penalties, got them back in the game. That was the difference for me." #stlblues
Final- Vegas 6, St Louis 3 2-point nights for Jack Eichel, William Karlsson, Ivan Barbashev and Keegan Kolesar. Golden Knights improve to 17-5-5 on the season. They and the dads head to Dallas.
William Karlsson with the empty-netter. Golden Knights will open the dads trip with a 6-3 win in St. Louis. Five unanswered goals to secure the victory.
William Karlsson empty netter makes it 6-3 Vegas.
final: #VGK 6, #stlblues 3 ... Eight straight games in which the Blues have gone W-L; it's been WLWLWLWL. Vegas scores four in second to take control. Then it was a PK-fest for Blues in third. Neighbours, Hayes and Kyrou score goals. Binnington 43 saves.
The Blues lost, 6-3. They are 13-11-1. Vegas had almost 50 shots on goal, and eight power plays.
Karlsson. Empty net goal. 6-3 Vegas.