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Stone fired a wrist shot past St. Louis goalie Jordan
Binnington's blocker side to win it after Vegas goaltender Logan
Thompson made a pad save on Ryan O'Reilly's five-hole attempt to
start the round.
Stephenson produced the fourth four-point game of his career
when he tied the contest in the final two minutes.
Michael Amadio had a goal and two assists and Alex Pietrangelo
had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which enters the NHL's
holiday break with a five-point lead in the Pacific Division
over the Los Angeles Kings. Thompson finished with 25 saves.
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists, Pavel Buchnevich
had a goal and an assist and Justin Faulk and Noel Acciari also
scored goals for St. Louis, which concluded a 3-1-1 road trip.
Torey Krug chipped in with two assists and Binnington stopped 28
of 32 shots for the Blues.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead at the 5:22 mark of the first period when
Pietrangelo cut down the slot and fired a backhand shot inside
the right post for his fourth goal of the season.
Buchnevich, left alone in the high slot, tied it 39 seconds into
the second period with a wrist shot past Thompson's blocker
side. It was his 12th goal of the season and 11th in the past 15
games.
The Golden Knights regained the lead at 4:29 of the second when
Stone tapped in a rebound of an Amadio shot into an open net for
his 15th goal of the season.
The Blues tied it 2-2 at the 6:17 mark of the second on a
power-play goal by Tarasenko. He blasted a one-timer from the
high slot past Thompson's blocker side for his 10th goal of the
season.
Faulk gave St. Louis its first lead of the game two minutes
later with a sharp-angle shot from the bottom of the right
circle. The puck deflected off the stick of defenseman Brayden
Pachal and through Thompson's pads for Faulk's fifth goal of the
season.
Vegas tied it 3-3 near the end of the middle period when Amadio
tapped Stone's pass into the wide-open left side of the net for
his third goal of the season.
Acciari put the Blues back in front with 9:15 to go when he
deflected a Brandon Saad shot past Thompson's glove side for his
ninth goal of the season and his first point in eight games.
Stephenson tied it up with 1:36 remaining while Vegas had a
six-on-four advantage thanks to a power play and pulling the
goalie. He put in a rebound of a Pietrangelo one-timer that
caromed to him off the back boards.
The Golden Knights earned their fourth win in six games.
--Field Level Media
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