The forward line of Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone combined for six points as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Friday in Las Vegas.
Eichel and Barbashev each had a goal and an assist and Stone had two assists for the Golden Knights, who won their first two games of the season.
Shea Theodore also scored a goal and had an assist for Vegas, Nicolas Roy added a goal and Adin Hill made 19 saves.
Pavel Buchnevich scored two goals and had an assist for the Blues, who finished with a 2-1-0 record in their first road game of the season. Jordan Kyrou had two assists and Jordan Binnington made 24 saves.
St. Louis kept up early pressure and struck first. Buchnevich received a pass from Kyrou and came in from the left wing to convert a backhand shot that gave him a 1-0 lead at 6:47 minutes into the game.
However, the Golden Knights got a great response from their top line. Eichel broke through the middle, received a pass from Barbashev and beat Binnington with a backhand to tie the game just 1:15 later.
Vegas was dangerous on its first power play, but Stone and Alexander Holtz hit the post and the game remained tied 1-1.
Barbashev put the Golden Knights up 2-1 with 1:47 left in the first period by driving to the net and finishing off Stone’s pass from the right side of the net.
Theodore scored a shot from the top of the left circle past Binnington at 2:55 of the second period to increase Las Vegas’ lead to 3-1.
Buchnevich scored a power play goal, finishing a tic-tac-toe passing play with Kyrou and Justin Faulk, to cut the Blues’ deficit to 3-2 at 7:29 of the second period.
Roy’s deflection of Theodore’s shot from the left point increased Las Vegas’ lead to 4-2 at 12:53 of the third period.
Thomas responded with a breakaway goal off a pass from Buchnevich with 4:56 left.
The Blues brought out Binnington for the extra attack but failed to tie the game with their final burst.
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