St. Louis 3, Vegas 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, March 25, 2019
Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Referees:
Trevor Hanson, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen:
Derek Amell, Greg Devorski
Attendance:
18247
By Field Level Media
Zach Sanford had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Binnington had 24 saves to lead the St. Louis Blues to their fourth straight victory, 3-1, over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night.
Ryan O'Reilly and Ivan Barbashev also scored goals for St. Louis, which improved to 26-9-4 since Jan. 1, the best record in the Western Conference during that span.
It was the fifth straight victory for Binnington, who improved to 21-4-1 in his rookie season, with all the wins coming since Jan. 7. The Blues also completed a three-game sweep of the Golden Knights in their regular-season series, improving to 4-0-2 all-time against the defending Western Conference champions.
William Karlsson scored for Vegas, which suffered its second consecutive loss. Malcolm Subban, making his fifth straight start in place of injured Marc-Andre Fleury, finished with 19 saves.
Barbashev gave the Blues a 1-0 lead late in the first period thanks to a misplay by Subban. The Vegas goaltender sent the puck behind his net directly to Sanford, who quickly passed to Barbashev to the right of the goal, where he fired a wrist shot under Subban's left arm for his 13th marker of the season.
Karlsson tied it in the second period with a power-play goal, driving a rebound of a Colin Miller shot over Binnington's glove and inside the right post for his 23rd goal of the season.
O'Reilly put the Blues back in front just three minutes later, taking a stretch pass from Jay Bouwmeester and then breaking in on the left side and beating Subban with a wrist shot into the top right corner for his 27th goal of the season.
Sanford made it 3-1 early in the third period off a rebound, after Robert Bortuzzo's shot from the right circle ricocheted off Subban's stick straight into Sanford's chest and then into the left side of the net.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Vegas |
|
St. Louis |
William Karlsson 1 |
Points |
Zach Sanford 2 |
William Karlsson 1 |
Goals |
Zach Sanford 1 |
Jonathan Marchessault 1 |
Assists |
Zach Sanford 1 |
William Karlsson 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Malcolm Subban .864 |
Save Percentage |
Jordan Binnington .960 |
Malcolm Subban 19 |
Saves |
Jordan Binnington 24 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Vegas
|
25 |
1 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
2 |
28 |
St. Louis
|
22 |
3 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
2 |
28 |
Upcoming Games
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St. Louis will play their next game on the road against NY Rangers. The Blues have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .583 after a loss.
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Vegas will play their next game on the road against Colorado. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .535 after a win and .576 after a loss.