Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues
· National Hockey League
Golden Knights visit the Blues in Western Conference play
Vegas Golden Knights (8-3, in the Pacific Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (4-4-1, in the Central Division)
St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues host the Vegas Golden Knights in Western Conference play.
St. Louis is 2-0-1 in home games and 4-4-1 overall. The Blues have an even scoring differential this season, scoring and allowing 29 goals.
Vegas is 3-1-0 on the road and 8-3 overall. The Golden Knights are 7-1-0 when scoring three or more goals.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
INJURIES: Blues: Adam Jecho: out (personal), Torey Krug: out (ankle), Ross Johnston: out (lower body), Alexey Toropchenko: out (upper-body), Tyler Tucker: out (knee), Dillon Dube: out (neck), Logan Mailloux: out (hand).
Golden Knights: Parker Wotherspoon: out (upper body), Lukas Cormier: out (undisclosed), Victor Olofsson: out (undisclosed), Kai Uchacz: out (undisclosed).
Regular Season SeriesSeries starts 10/22
Statistics
 VGK |
 STL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2.73 | Goals Against Average | 3.22 |
| 25.0 | Shots Against per Game | 27.3 |
| 73.1 | Penalty Kill Percentage | 85.7 |
| 7 | Power Play Goals Against | 4 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals Against | 0 |
| 3.91 | Goals For per Game | 3.22 |
| 30.2 | Shots per Game | 26.2 |
| 10 | Power Play Goals | 5 |
| 25.0 | Power Play Percentage | 19.2 |
| 3 | Short Handed Goals | 3 |
| 97 | Penalty Minutes | 86 |
St. Louis Blues Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Johnston, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 18 |
| Torey Krug, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 12 |
| Dillon Dube, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 10 |
| Alexey Toropchenko, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 5 |
| Tyler Tucker, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 30 |
Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Parker Wotherspoon, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 21 |
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