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Vegas Golden Knights vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Friday, January 2, 2026 · Enterprise Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 25–19

St. Louis BluesSt. LouisBluesHome

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday, January 2, 2026 at Enterprise Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Blues 25-19.

Goals came from Keegan Kolesar, Alexey Toropchenko, Justin Faulk, Oskar Sundqvist, Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev and Brayden Schenn.

Joel Hofer made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 15 of 19.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK111325
St. Louis BluesSTL121419

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlexey ToropchenkoSTL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starOskar SundqvistSTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starBrayden SchennSTL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:36

2–3 · 2nd 9:10 · Stone. Schenn was 1:36 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceSTL on ice

1–0 VGK

1st 10:12 · Kolesar

Schenn 0:57

1–1 STL

1st 10:39 · Toropchenko

Smith 0:27

1–2 STL

2nd 5:39 · Faulk

Long shift: Stone 1:11

1–3 STL

2nd 6:37 · Sundqvist

Saad 0:58

2–3 VGK

2nd 9:10 · Stone

Stuck out there: Schenn 1:36

3–3 VGK

3rd 8:21 · Dorofeyev

Faulk 0:45

3–4 STL

3rd 18:27 · Schenn

Hanifin 0:54

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VGKSTL
25Shots on goal19
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits19
14Blocked shots9
16Giveaways18
6Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 01:35Jordan Kyrou · holding2 min
  • 1st 03:44Noah Hanifin · ps slash on breakaway0 min
  • 1st 07:09Justin Faulk · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 15:11Ben Hutton · tripping2 min
  • 1st 19:38Mitch Marner · tripping2 min

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