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Jordan Binnington was huge in goal with 50
saves, helping the Blues snap an 0-6-1 skid. The brutal stretch
saw St. Louis fall out of a playoff position in the West
Division.
The Blues' Jake Walman scored his first career goal with 6:29
remaining in the game. The defenseman's score came in his 12th
career game.
The victory came two nights after the Blues were thumped 6-1 by
the visiting Golden Knights. St. Louis also ended its four-game
losing streak against Vegas, having given up at least five goals
in each of those games.
Vegas' free-flowing offense on Monday, when a franchise-record
15 players recorded a point, was stymied by Binnington, who did
not start in either of the past two games. His shutout bid was
spoiled with 4:16 remaining when the Golden Knights' Nicolas Roy
scored his second of the season.
Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury recorded 32 saves.
In the opening moments, Tarasenko took the puck from Vince Dunn
at center ice, moved across the blue line and fired a shot from
near the left faceoff circle at the 48-second mark. It was
Tarasenko's third goal in 15 games since returning from shoulder
surgery.
St. Louis made it 2-0 at 7:21 of the first period when Blais
fired a wrist shot from nearly the same spot as Tarasenko's
goal. Blais' fourth of the season came off a pass from David
Perron, who raised his team-best assist total to 25.
With just two goals until past the midway point of the third
period, it was not the offensive windfall the Blues were looking
for, but Binnington made it stand up. Even with the victory, the
Blues have scored just 11 goals in their past eight games.
--Field Level Media
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