Whatever slump the St Louis Blues’ Jordan Binnington may have been going through since the Stanley Cup win, are seemingly behind him this new season. In Vegas, on Wednesday night, Binnington made 42 saves and the Blues downed the Golden Knights, 3-1.
“You have to win in different ways in this league,” St. Louis head coach Craig Berube said. “That’s the thing I talked to our team in between periods, don’t force things and don’t get impatient because that’s where you’ll make mistakes.”
The Blues are off to a 3-0-0 start.
William Karlsson gave the Knights a 1-0 lead in the first period.
“This is a league where it’s the first team to three usually,” Vegas chead oach Peter DeBoer said. “We’ve got to find three goals a night, someway somehow. I know [Karlsson’s] line consistently is going to chip one in for us. Where are we going to find the other two?”
St Louis’ Vladimir Tarasenko scored the game-winning goal midway through the third period.
“Happy for him. He’s been working so hard,” Binnington said. “He’s been through a lot and it’s really nice to see him be rewarded. Can’t say enough about that guy and his work ethic. We’re all happy for him and hopefully there’s more to come.”
Brandon Saad tied the game in the middle frame off a rebound in the slot.
“It shows a lot of character to be able to win in different ways,” Saad said. “Regardless of what kind of game we’re in, we seem like we’re in it, we can win. I think that shows a lot from our team.”
Ivan Barbashev iced the win for the Blues with an epty-net goal with 72 seconds left in the game.
Robin Lehner made 35 saves in the loss.
“We just needed to create a bit more chaos, I think,” Lehner said. “But we’ve got to clean up some … I don’t know how many breakaways or 2-on-1s (we allowed). That’s not been [a problem] since I’ve been here. If we clean that up, we can give ourselves a better chance.”
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