Golden Knights Break Out In St. Louis, Snap Three-Game Winless Streak Monday With 6-1 Win Over St. Louis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

The Vegas Golden Knights limped into St. Louis with three straight losses at T-Mobile Arena.

But a four-goal scoring outbreak in less than six minutes mid-way through the second period helped ignite the VGK to a x-x win over the Blues Monday night when most of the country was watching college basketball’s national championship game.

The VGK managed a lone goal during Saturday night’s 2-1 loss to Minnesota in Las Vegas.

But the Knights exploded for six goals during the first two periods as VGK grabbed a 6-1 lead over St. Louis.

VGK forward Tomas Nosek triggered the outburst in the first period with his sixth goal of the season at 6:25, while VGK defenseman Alec Martinez scored his first of two goals at 12:25 for a 2-0 Knights lead.

St. Louis cut into the lead when Tyler Bozak scored his second of the year with about three minutes to go in the period.

After one period: VGK 2 St. Louis 1.

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The Golden Knights unleashed a four-goal second period as St. Louis broke down, especially in the turnover department.

In less than six minutes from 7:08 to 13:00, the Knights scored four times and assumed a commanding 6-1 lead.

Martinez scored his second, followed by goals by William Carrier, Jonathan Marchessault and Nic Hague.

The game was a homecoming for VGK defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, who was a longtime defenseman for the Blues, leading St. Louis to a Stanley Cup title in 2019.

The Blues were slumping, too, with only four four wins at home this 56-game pandemic schedule.

After two periods, VGK 6 St. Louis 1

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Knights goalie Robn Lehner, back between the pipes in his rotation with Marc-Andre Fleury, played solid.

It was his tenth game of the season as he was out of action with a concussion.

Final: Golden Knights 6 Blues 1.

The Golden Knights improved to 25-10-2. Lehner improved to 7-1-2.

The VGK victory flamingo was launched onto the ice to confirm the Golden Knights win.

Monday’s scores, including Colorado 5 Minnesota 4. The Avs are four points up on the VGK, but have played one more game.


 

 

 

 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.