Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 · Enterprise Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

3 – 4

Final

St. Louis Blues

The St. Louis Blues beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 on Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at Enterprise Center. Pavel Buchnevich led the way with 2 points. Joel Hofer made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–19.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	1	3	25
STL	1	2	1	4	19

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:12	VGK	EV	Keegan Kolesar (1) · wrist	Colton Sissons (3), Kaedan Korczak (7)	1–0
1st	10:39	STL	EV	Alexey Toropchenko (2) · wrist	Mathieu Joseph (7), Oskar Sundqvist (10)	1–1
2nd	05:39	STL	EV	Justin Faulk (11) · wrist	Pavel Buchnevich (15), Tyler Tucker (6)	1–2
2nd	06:37	STL	EV	Oskar Sundqvist (2) · snap	Alexey Toropchenko (2), Mathieu Joseph (8)	1–3
2nd	09:10	VGK	EV	Mark Stone (11) · wrist	Brett Howden (5)	2–3
3rd	08:21	VGK	EV	Pavel Dorofeyev (16) · wrist	Braeden Bowman (9)	3–3
3rd	18:27	STL	EV	Brayden Schenn (9) · deflected	Jimmy Snuggerud (7), Pavel Buchnevich (16)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:35	STL	Jordan Kyrou	holding	2
1st	03:44	VGK	Noah Hanifin	ps slash on breakaway	0
1st	07:09	STL	Justin Faulk	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	15:11	VGK	Ben Hutton	tripping	2
1st	19:38	VGK	Mitch Marner	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VGK 2.36 · STL 3.03 · xG% VGK 43.8

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1		20:33	27
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		17:55	19
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		17:12	19
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		14:27	19
21	Brett Howden	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	14:01	17
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	50.0	13:39	20
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0		12:00	19
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		26:17	28
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		22:29	26
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	5	2		19:37	28
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	2	46.2	19:34	22
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	60.0	19:01	20
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	38.5	17:06	19
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:08	20
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		13:23	20
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:23	17
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		11:56	17
88	Jaycob Megna	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		10:43	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Carter Hart	L	19	15	4	.789	58:36

St. Louis Blues

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		15:04	20
13	Alexey Toropchenko	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0		13:28	17
71	Mathieu Joseph	R	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		11:31	16
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	1	62.5	11:24	17
72	Justin Faulk	D	1	0	1	-2	2	1	1	1		21:00	27
75	Tyler Tucker	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0		17:07	22
10	Brayden Schenn	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	1	58.3	16:44	24
21	Jimmy Snuggerud	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		15:13	20
6	Philip Broberg	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	1		25:23	29
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		22:37	27
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	20:05	26
63	Jake Neighbours	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		17:23	23
17	Cam Fowler	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		17:17	25
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		15:11	20
29	Jonatan Berggren	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:38	22
28	Otto Stenberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	14:16	24
54	Dalibor Dvorsky	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	36.4	14:02	20
51	Matthew Kessel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:37	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Joel Hofer	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00