In Las Vegas, the St Louis Blues blew 3-1 and 4-2 leads on Tuesday night before getting a 5-4 win over the Golden Knights after penalties.
David Perron scored twice for the Blues.
Jordan Binnington made 42 saves for the win.
“They come at you. They played a good game. We also had many chances,” Perron said. “At the end of the day, a big two points, and now we got another chance in a couple days that … we can make some adjustments.”
Max Pacioretty rallied the Knights back from the 2-4 deficit with two goals in the third period to complete his hat trick on the night.
“We have such good structure on this team that it doesn’t change much other than everyone being on the same page and the different voice behind the bench,” Pacioretty said. “We all take pride in our systems. We work on them on a daily basis, whether it’s during practice or on video.”
Alex Tuch had a single marker for Vegas in the loss.
“You’ll take a greasy win on the road anytime,” the Blues’ Justin Faulk said. “It wasn’t our game. We have to find a way to do this for 60 minutes.
Jaden Schwartz and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues in regulation.
“He’s (Kyrou) competitive right now and skating [well],” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “[He] could’ve had three goals with the chances he had.”
Brayden Schennand Peron scored in the skills competition.
Robin Lehner made 21 saves in the loss.
Vegas was without head coach Peter DeBoer because of COVID19 protocols.
Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon was behind the bench; and already has a better record than the New York Rangers.
“It’s not a case where the entire staff tested positive,” McCrimmon said. “Most [of them] didn’t, quite frankly, but the protocol is such that you pull those people from the group. But fortunately there’s been no positive tests for players. Based on how the day unfolded, we took the steps that we did to best prepare our team to play tonight.”
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