Jonathan Marchessault's OT goal pushes Knights past Blues
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[May 08, 2021]
Jonathan
Marchessault scored with 17.7 seconds remaining in overtime to give
the Vegas Golden Knights a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory over the
St. Louis Blues on Friday night in Las Vegas.
Despite the loss, the Blues (24-19-9, 57 points) clinched the final
playoff spot in the West Division. Fourth-place St. Louis got a
point for losing in overtime while the Los Angeles Kings lost 3-2 in
regulation to the Colorado Avalanche, sending the Blues to the
postseason.
Marchessault came in alone on the right wing, took a pass from Alex
Tuch and then fired a shot over the glove of goalie Jordan
Binnington for his 17th goal of the season.
Reilly Smith, Alec Martinez and Nicolas Roy also scored goals and
Nicolas Hague had two assists for Vegas (38-13-2, 78 points), which
maintained a four-point West Division lead over the Avalanche with
their sixth straight home win. Robin Lehner finished with 22 saves
and also picked up an assist on the winning goal.
Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron and Jaden Schwartz scored goals and
Tyler Bozak had two assists for St. Louis. Binnington finished with
31 saves as the Blues extended their point streak to eight games
(5-0-3).
Vegas took a 1-0 lead at the 13:23 mark of the first period. Smith
jammed in Hague's crossing pass into the right corner of the net for
his 11th goal of the season.
St. Louis tied it near the end of the first period on a short-handed
goal by O'Reilly. Bozak outraced Shea Theodore for a puck behind the
net and then found O'Reilly alone in the middle of the left circle.
O'Reilly fired a wrist shot past Lehner's stick side for his 24th
goal of the season. It was just the second short-handed goal allowed
this season by the Golden Knights.
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Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea
Theodore (27) keeps the puck away from St. Louis Blues center
Brayden Schenn (10) during the first period at T-Mobile Arena.
Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
The Blues then took a 3-1 lead on
goals by Perron and Schwartz just 1:44 apart. Perron's 16th of the
season came on a wrist shot from the right circle that went through
Lehner's pads at 14:34 of the middle period. Schwartz fired a
sharp-angle shot from near the right goal line that went under
Lehner's pads at 16:18.
Vegas cut it to 3-2 with 10 seconds left in the second period when
Martinez one-timed a Mark Stone pass from the left point for his
ninth goal of the season.
Roy tied it at 6:52 of the third period with a spinning shot from
the slot past Binnington's glove side for his sixth goal of the
season.
--Field Level Media
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