National Hockey League
Vegas 4, St. Louis 3
When: 10:30 PM ET, Friday, March 30, 2018
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Devin Berg
Attendance: 18191
Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals including the game-winner in overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Marchessault fired a wrist shot from the high slot past a screen by William Karlsson to beat St. Louis goalie Jake Allen for the winning goal, his 27th of the season.

Karlsson had a goal and two assists and James Neal also scored for Vegas (49-22-7, 105), which needs just one more point to clinch the Pacific Division title. Malcolm Subban had 21 saves to improve to 12-3-2 this season.

Patrick Berglund, Brayden Schenn and Chris Thorburn scored for St. Louis (43-28-6, 92) which had a season-long six-game win streak snapped. Allen finished with 22 saves for the Blues who fell into a tie with Colorado for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, though they have a game at hand.

Berglund, off a nice feed from Steen, gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead just 2:54 into the game when he fired a shot from the slot past Subban's glove side for his 13th goal of the season and fifth in the last nine games.

Vegas rebounded to take a 2-1 lead later in the period when Karlsson scored his 41st of the season on a short-handed breakaway after a long outlet pass from Cody Eakin. Marchessault gave the Golden Knights the lead seven minutes later when, parked at the right side of the net, he slapped in a wide shot by Alex Tuch past Allen's blocker, extending his point streak to seven games, tying his career-high.

Schenn tied it when he took a pass from Jaden Schwartz at the dot in the right circle and beat Subban with a wrist shot that went under his glove for his 26th goal of the season.

Neal scored his first goal since Feb. 8, his 25th, when he roofed a crossing pass from Erik Haula from the right side of the net to give Vegas a 3-2 lead after two periods.

Thorburn then took advantage of a defensive breakdown by the Golden Knights to tie it at the 6:14 mark of the third period, cutting to the net all alone, taking a pass from Scottie Upshall from behind the net and firing a shot through Subban's pads for his first goal since Dec. 11, 2016 against Edmonton.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
St. Louis   Vegas
Patrik Berglund 1 Points William Karlsson 3
Patrik Berglund 1 Goals Jonathan Marchessault 2
Kyle Brodziak 1 Assists William Karlsson 2
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals William Karlsson 1
Jake Allen .846 Save Percentage Malcolm Subban .875
Jake Allen 22 Saves Malcolm Subban 21
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
St. Louis 24 3 0-2 1-1 2 31
Vegas 26 4 0-1 2-2 4 21
Upcoming Games
  • Vegas will play their next game at home against San Jose. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .604 after a win and .667 after a loss.
  • St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Arizona. The Blues have a W/L % of .605 after a win and .500 after a loss.