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Blues Snap Vegas’ Streak; Jump To First In Central

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St. Louis Blues

(26-15-2, 54 pts)

2

39 SOG

 

FINAL

Scottrade Center

Attendance: 18,976 (Sellout)

 

 

Vegas Golden Knights

(27-10-2, 56 pts)

1

33 SOG

 

3 Stars

1. Carter Hutton

2. Alexander Steen

3. Marc-Andre Fleury

Box Score

  1st 2nd 3rd T
STL 1 0 1 2
VGK 0 1 0 1

Season Series

Oct. 21 – STL, 2 at VGK, 3 (OT)

Jan. 4 – STL, 2 vs. VGK, 1

Mar. 30 – STL at VGK

Blue Notes

-With their victory tonight, the Blues now have 54 points and have jumped into 1st in the Central Division and 3rd in the NHL

-The Blues have now won 3 games in a row, marking the 6th time this season they have had a win streak of 3 games or better

-The Blues scored the first goal of the game tonight and are now 20-3-1 this season when scoring first. Their 20 wins when scoring first shares 1st in the NHL with Toronto

-The Blues allowed only 1 goal against tonight, and have now allowed 2 or fewer goals in 5 of their last 6 games. The Blues are 19-5-1 this season when they allow 2 or fewer goals

-The Blues are now 1-0-1 against Vegas this season and ended Vegas’ 8-game win streak and 13-game point streak (12-0-1), both of which were the best runs by an expansion team in NHL history

-Carter Hutton stopped 32 of the 33 shots he faced for his 3rd consecutive victory, his 8th of the season. Hutton is 4-0-0 with a 1.22 GAA, a .962 SV%, and 1 shutout in his last 4 starts at Scottrade Center

-Alexander Steen scored his 5th goal of the season, his first at Scottrade since Oct. 25 vs. Calgary. Steen has 4 points in his last 6 games (2g, 2a)

-Paul Stastny scored his 8th goal of the season and has a point in back-to-back games (1g, 1a). The goal also turned out to be the game-winner, his 1st of the season and his 15th as a Blue

-Brayden Schenn recorded his 25th assist of the season and has 2 assists in his last 3 games. Schenn is 1 of 7 players in the NHL this season with at least 15 goals and 25 assists

-Vladimir Sobotka recorded his 13th assist of the season and has a point in back-to-back games for the 6th time this season (1g, 1a)

-Colton Parayko recorded his 18th and 19th assists of the season for his 4th multi-assist game of the season and the 11th of his career. The Blues are 11-0-0 in Parayko’s career when he records 2 assists in a game

Blues Milestones

-Alexander Steen’s 1st period goal was his 427th career point as a Blue, tying Keith Tkachuk for 7th among forwards on the Blues all-time franchise list

Up Next

-The Blues will visit the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday Jan. 6, at Noon (central), at Wells Fargo Center

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