8:07 pm
March 12

Golden Knights @ Blues

Who will WIN this matchup?

Vegas Golden Knights (16-6-1)

@ St. Louis Blues (14-8-4)

 

Starting Goalies:

Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) Unconfirmed

Jordan Binnington (STL): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Vegas Golden Knights: (-110)

St. Louis Blues: (-110)

 

• The St. Louis Blues will begin the toughest portion of their schedule when they host the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. The Blues play 21 of their remaining 30 games against their top three West Division rivals: the first-place Golden Knights, third-place Minnesota Wild and fourth-place Colorado Avalanche.

• After winning six consecutive games, the Golden Knights lost two games in Minnesota this week. Meanwhile the Blues went 4-0-2 during a six-game West Coast road trip.

• The Blues are missing key forwards Jaden Schwartz, Robert Thomas, Tyler Bozak and Ivan Barbashev due to long-term injuries. Also missing are top defensemen Colton Parayko (upper-body injury) and Carl Gunnarsson, who suffered a season-ending knee injury. But winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who has scored 33 or more goals five times in his career, has returned from offseason shoulder surgery. He has one assist in his first two games in the lineup.

• Blues third-line center Oskar Sundqvist could return to the lineup for these back-to-back games against Vegas at Enterprise Center. He missed the last two games with an undisclosed injury, but he practiced Thursday.

• Meanwhile the Golden Knights will be without defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, the former Blues captain who was looking to play his first game back in St. Louis after exiting as a free agent. Pietrangelo suffered an upper-body injury Saturday while blocking a shot.

• The Knights will be looking to clean up their game after suffering the two losses in St. Paul.

• The Blues are likely to start Jordan Binnington in goal, even though he is 1-3-1 with a no-decision in his last six starts. The Golden Knights will be without goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who was placed in the league’s COVID-19 protocol on Thursday. Rookie Logan Thompson is expected to start against the Blues.

• The Golden Knights sent goaltender Robin Lehner to the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights on a conditioning assignment, so he is close to returning from his upper-body injury.

4/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Vegas Golden Knights
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