Jonathan Marchessault's OT goal lifts Knights past Blues
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[March 26, 2024]
Jonathan Marchessault scored the overtime winner to lift the
visiting Vegas Golden Knights past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 Monday night.
Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for the Golden Knights (39-25-7, 85 points),
who won their third straight game to move five points ahead of the Blues
in the race for the final Western Conference playoff spot. |
Mar 25, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Vegas Golden Knights left wing
Pavel Dorofeyev (16) shoots and scores against St. Louis Blues
goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) during the first period at Enterprise
Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports |
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Vegas goaltender Logan Thompson stopped 31
shots and denied Pavel Buchnevich's overtime penalty shot.
Brandon Saad scored and Jordan Binnington made 32 saves for the
Blues (38-30-4, 80 points), who are 6-1-1 in their past eight
games. Vegas is 6-2-0 in its past eight.
Dorofeyev put the Golden Knights up 1-0 by coming out of the
right corner to stuff a shot through Binnington 5:59 into the
game.
St. Louis dressed just 11 forwards, then lost Saad for much of
the first period when Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb
hit him along the wall.
Saad returned in the second period, but Oskar Sundqvist exited
for the remainder of the game with a lower-body injury sustained
after McNabb hit him along the wall.
The Golden Knights outshot St. Louis 12-6 in the second period
and controlled most of the play. The Blues' best chance came
when defenseman Nick Leddy couldn't convert a partial
short-handed breakaway.
Binnington stopped Jack Eichel 70 seconds into the third period,
getting his glove on Eichel's point-blank shot off a toe-drag
cut to the middle.
Buchnevich had a near-miss for the Blues when his deflection
popped just over the crossbar. Then Thompson stretched his left
leg back to stop Kevin Hayes on a breakaway to maintain the 1-0
lead.
The Blues experienced more near-misses when Torey Krug hit the
crossbar and Brayden Schenn fired a shot off the left post. At
the other end, Binnington stopped Anthony Mantha's breakaway
with 6:50 left to keep the Blues within a goal.
Saad tied the game 1-1 with 5:07 left to play by driving toward
the left post to punch in Schenn's cross-ice backhand pass.
--Field Level Media
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