Golden Knights earn point in 4th straight loss to Blues 

End of game: Golden Knights gain constituent successful 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment to Blues 

The Vegas Golden Knights came wrong inches of ending a four-game losing skid but autumn to the St. Louis Blues, 5-4, successful a shootout connected Monday astatine T-Mobile Arena. 

Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev scored successful the last 3 minutes of the crippled to propulsion the Golden Knights into overtime. It was Dorofeyev's 2nd constituent of the crippled and ninth successful 5 games.

In overtime, Eichel's tip-in accidental to triumph went wide. Mark Stone had a breakaway accidental but changeable the puck implicit the net. Moving into the shootout, the Blues scored connected their archetypal 2 shots but missed connected the last. Victor Olofsson was stopped successful the archetypal round, Eichel scored, and Dorofeyev was poke-checked by goaltender Jordan Binnington successful the 3rd circular to extremity the game. 

Tomas Hertl scored his 4th extremity successful 3 games and 10th constituent successful six games. Brett Howden scored his 16th extremity of the season. The Golden Knights outshot the Blues 32-28. 

The Golden Knights autumn to 29-14-4 connected the twelvemonth but gain a constituent to stay up of the Edmonton Oilers successful the Pacific Division standings. They caput backmost connected the roadworthy Thursday this clip astatine the St. Louis Blues astatine 5 p.m. 

End of regulation: Eichel, Dorofeyev unit Golden Knights into overtime against Blues

Down 2 goals coming into the 3rd period, Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev score, with the other attacker on, to unit the Golden Knights into overtime against the St. Louis Blues, 4-4.

Eichel scored disconnected a one-time changeable with 3 minutes near to chopped the Blues pb down to one, 4-3. With 30 seconds near successful the game, Pavel Dorofeyev scored disconnected a one-timer to necktie the game.

The Golden Knights, triumph oregon lose, volition prime up a constituent for the archetypal clip successful 4 games.

End of the 2nd period: Blues widen pb against Golden Knights

The St. Louis Blues widen their pb to 2 goals, scoring successful the last infinitesimal of the play again. They're up of the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2.

St. Louis' Jake Neighbours opened up the scoring successful the 2nd period. Robert Thomas drew the attraction of Golden Knights defenders, allowing him to driblet walk the puck to a wide unfastened Neighbours. He walked successful and bushed Adin Hill's blocker broadside to bump the Blues' pb to 3-1.

Brett Howden responded little than a infinitesimal later, picking up a Shea Theodore blocked changeable and wristing it into the backmost of the net. It was his 16th extremity of the season.

In the last infinitesimal of the period, Alexander Holtz was called for tripping and the Blues converted for the 2nd clip this crippled successful the last 60 seconds. The Blues' Cam Fowler's changeable from the constituent recovered its mode done postulation and into the net, giving St. Louis its two-goal pb back.

The Golden Knights did person a powerfulness play accidental successful the play aft Dylan Holloway was called for precocious sticking, but they failed to convert. Vegas had a 10-5 changeable vantage successful that play and present has a 23-21 vantage successful the game.

End of the archetypal period: Blues people successful last infinitesimal of play for pb implicit Golden Knights

For the 4th clip successful 4 games, the Vegas Golden Knights suffice a extremity successful the last 2 minutes of a period, trailing the St. Louis Blues, 2-1, astatine the extremity of the first.

The Blues got retired to a blistery commencement arsenic Brayden Schenn scored connected a 3-on-2 to enactment his squad up 1-0.

Two of the Golden Knights' hottest players, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev combined to necktie the game. Dorofeyev fto a changeable spell from the constituent that Jordan Binnington saved, but couldn't freeze. Hertl, successful beforehand of the net, recovered the escaped puck and enactment it into the net.

It's Hertl's 4th extremity successful 3 games and 10th constituent successful six games. Dorofeyev's assistance was his eighth constituent successful 5 games.

When it looked similar the play was going to extremity successful a tie, St. Louis' Nathan Walker scored disconnected a rebound from Philip Broberg's changeable with 16 seconds near to springiness the Blues the lead, 2-1. St. Louis is outshooting Vegas 16-13 and has blocked 9 shots.

Pregame: Golden Knights instrumentality location successful hunt of triumph against Blues

The Vegas Golden Knights are looking to instrumentality vantage of their archetypal location crystal successful implicit a week arsenic they big the St. Louis Blues astatine 3 p.m. today.

Their past location crippled against the Minnesota Wild connected Jan. 12 was the past clip they won. Since that 4-1 victory, Vegas has mislaid 3 consecutive and 5 of their past six.

Four of those losses person travel to teams ranked successful the bottommost 10 spots successful the league.

In their 5-3 nonaccomplishment to the last-place Chicago Blackhawks connected Sunday, the Golden Knights erased a 3-1 shortage disconnected 2 goals from Tomas Hertl. But they struggled to support Chicago disconnected the scoreboard.

The Golden Knights volition besides beryllium without Cole Schwindt, who near Saturday's crippled with a lower-body injury. Alexander Holtz volition apt instrumentality his spot connected the 4th line.

Experiencing a January slump isn't thing caller for the Golden Knights.

During the 2022-23 season, from Jan. 14 to Jan. 28, they mislaid 7 of 8 games. The play earlier that, from Jan. 2 to Jan. 27, 2022, Vegas mislaid 7 of 10 games. Even successful the 2019-20 season, from Jan. 7 to Jan. 21, 2020, Vegas mislaid six of 7 games.

Golden Knights manager Bruce Cassidy and the players are nary uncertainty feeling an urgency to commencement winning immoderate games.

Vegas is tied with the Edmonton Oilers for the pb successful the Pacific Division. The Oilers mislaid to the Vancouver Canucks connected Saturday, giving up a accidental to instrumentality implicit the divisional lead.

The Blues travel into this crippled with a grounds hovering astir .500. They precocious mislaid to the Utah Hockey Club, 4-2, connected Saturday successful Salt Lake City. If they were to decision the Golden Knights today, they would beryllium 1 constituent extracurricular of a chaotic paper spot.

The Golden Knights won the past gathering betwixt the two, 4-3, connected Oct. 11.

Players to watch

Golden Knights: Pavel Dorofeyev (forward) 46 games played, 19 goals, 9 assists, 28 points; Tomas Hertl (center) 46 games played, 15 goals, 20 assists, 35 points; Jack Eichel (center) 45 games played, 11 goals, 45 assists, 56 points.

St. Louis: Jordan Kyrou (center) 47 games played, 20 goals, 19 assists, 39 points; Dylan Holloway (forward) 47 games played, 15 goals, 20 assists, 35 points; Robert Thomas (center) 35 games played, 11 goals, 23 assists, 34 points.

Non-active players

Golden Knights: Cole Schwindt (lower body).

St. Louis: Nick Leddy (lower body), Torey Krug (ankle).

How to watch

TV: Scripps Sports (Cox Communications, transmission 38), KnightTime+ (streaming)

Betting line

Golden Knights -198 St. Louis +164. Over/under 5.5 (-120/+100)

Who is successful goal

Golden Knights: Adin Hill - 28 games played, 18-8-2 record, 2.56 goals against average, .903 prevention percentage, 2 shutouts.

St. Louis: Jordan Binnington - 32 games played, 12-17-3 record, 2.83 goals against average, .899 prevention percentage, 3 shutouts.