GDT #52: Blues @ G. Knights | 9:00 pm CT | BSMW, 101 ESPN, NHL.TV Free

[theohall]

Vegas hosts St. Louis looking to prolong its five-game home winning streak.

The Golden Knights are 37-13-2 against the rest of their division. Vegas is fifth in the league recording 9.1 points per game, averaging 3.4 goals and 5.8 assists.

The Blues are 24-19-8 against the rest of their division. St. Louis has given up 37 power-play goals, killing 76.4% of opponent opportunities.

In their last meeting on April 7, St. Louis won 3-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Max Pacioretty leads the Golden Knights with 24 goals and has 51 points. Mark Stone has seven goals and six assists over the last 10 games for Vegas.

Ryan O'Reilly leads the Blues with a plus-21 in 51 games this season. David Perron has eight assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Knights: 8-2-0, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game with a .927 save percentage.

Blues: 5-3-2, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.6 assists, 3.1 penalties and 7.9 penalty minutes while allowing 2.8 goals per game with a .907 save percentage.

INJURIES: Golden Knights: Tomas Nosek: out (undisclosed), Max Pacioretty: day to day (undisclosed).

Blues: Mackenzie MacEachern: out (upper body), Vladimir Tarasenko: day to day (lower-body), Torey Krug: day to day (upper body), Vince Dunn: day to day (upper body), Carl Gunnarsson: out for season (lower body), Oskar Sundqvist: out for season (knee).

[gaijin]

Always a tough order facing the Knights. Vegas has a huge incentive to win as well in order to lock up that #1 seed, so I wouldn't expect a lack of effort on their part.

The Blues however...

[theohall]

Let's see which team shows up - hoping it's the one that still wants to beat up Vegas for crushing the Blues so many times this season.

Playing a team 6 times and giving up 5 goals in 4 of them, surrendering 4 in another while still needing a SO to win, and playing one really good game against them (being the 3-1 win in the last one), they'd better play with some pride and grit and not do that crap they did in those other 5, with the turnovers the offensive blueline, inability to get the puck beyond center ice, inability to maintain any kind of offensive zone possession, actually have the power play work vs Vegas... We'll see which team shows up.

[theohall]

So far, this looks like the losses when the Blues gave up 5 goals/gm. Bad clears, Vegas forecheck being where the Blues want to play the puck, Vegas players beating the Blues players up ice, Vegas being in the right spot on the Blues side of center to intercept whatever the Blues want to try... frustrating - like Vegas knows exactly what the Blues want to do and simply take it away. Meanwhile, the few times the Blues do get the puck in the offensive, it's one and done or a lone forward with no support.

[theohall]

And then ROR burns them!!! Woohoo!!

[theohall]

Much better effort in that 2nd period, except for the last 30 seconds when Vegas won every 1-on-1 battle to setup the shot. Binnington never even saw that shot with all the players lined up in front of him.

[Robb_K]

WOW!!!! What a super save by Binnington at the last second, to save the game and point for The Blues. Yet another OT!! It'd be real;ly nice for The Blues to win this one for their confidence! Let's see it happen!!!!

[Robb_K]

Great save by Binnington! But The 3 Blues were tired and let the Knights get past them and score with only a few seconds left. The Blues sort of backed in to the 4th playoff spot as The Kings just lost. They played a good game. It's a shame they lost with all those good chances in OT.

[Portland Blues]

Vegas undefeated in 3 on 3 overtime this season.

[gaijin]

What the hell was Schenn thinking to deliberately skate AWAY from Marchessault as he entered the zone there? The passer was already covered and Schenn left Marchessault completely open for the pass.

[theohall]

Vegas undefeated in 3 on 3 overtime this season.

The Anti-Dallas Stars - who've lost 14 of 19 times IN OT.