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Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues: game preview

VegasGolden Knights2026-27: 3-1-0 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 39-26-17 · 95 pts · 13that

St. LouisBlues2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 37-33-12 · 86 pts · 22nd

Puck drop22 Oct · 8:00 PM ET

VenueEnterprise Center

All-time meetings33 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Nine points apart last season

Vegas finished last season 13th in the league on 95 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 34

Across 33 completed games, Vegas lead the head-to-head 20-10-3.

All-time record20-10-3Vegas's record in the series

Meetings played33This is number 34

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Vegas

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

10 Jan 2026STL 2 – VGK 4——VGK

2 Jan 2026VGK 3 – STL 4——STL

15 Nov 2025VGK 4 – STL 1——VGK

23 Jan 2025VGK 4 – STL 2——VGK

20 Jan 2025STL 5 – VGK 4 SO——STL

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateVegasSt. Louis

15 Nov 20258-4-5 · 21 pts17th6-9-4 · 16 pts30th

2 Jan 202617-11-11 · 45 pts14th16-18-8 · 40 pts29th

10 Jan 202620-11-12 · 52 pts11th17-21-8 · 42 pts30th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 15 Nov 2025, Vegas were 17th in the league and St. Louis 30th. By 10 Jan 2026 it was 11th and 30th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Vegas out-attempted St. Louis 171 to 136

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Vegas Golden Knights

171 att · 84 on goal · 11 G · 13.1%

Crease13 att · 4 G

Slot61 att · 3 G

Wing55 att · 2 G

Point36 att · 1 G

Neutral zone6 att · 1 G

St. Louis Blues

136 att · 61 on goal · 7 G · 11.5%

Crease14 att · 3 G

Slot54 att · 2 G

Wing44 att · 1 G

Point20 att · 1 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Vegas have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

VegasSt. Louis

3.79xG for per game2.69

2.09xG against per game3.33

64.4%xG share44.7%

+1.8FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1

−1.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.0

This season: 4 games for Vegas, 3 for St. Louis. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Vegas

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2731.3%

Power play · 2025-2624.6% · 6th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2783.3%

Penalty kill · 2025-2681.4% · 7th

Faceoffs · 2026-2753.0% · 122/230

Drawn · 2026-2716 (4.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

St. Louis

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2712.5%

Power play · 2025-2617.6% · 26th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2790.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2676.7% · 25th

Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 83/186

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Vegas

Expected starter after their game on 20 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

St. Louis

Expected starter after their game on 20 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vegas crease

VGK · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 19 Oct

Carter Hart.8903 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx −1.1

Adin Hill.9001 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx −0.5

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 19 Oct

Joel Hofer.9552 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx +2.8

Jordan Binnington.8331 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against Vegas in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

10 Jan 20266 · STL 2–4 VGK

2 Jan 20267 · VGK 3–4 STL

15 Nov 20255 · VGK 4–1 STL

23 Jan 20256 · VGK 4–2 STL

20 Jan 20259 · STL 5–4 VGK

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Vegas4.252.503.233.05

St. Louis2.333.332.823.15

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.1Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.6Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Vegas · injuries

Lukas CormierUndisclosedIRReturn22 Oct

Raphael LavoieUndisclosedOutReturn8 Oct

Victor OlofssonUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov

Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov

Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov

Latest moves

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30 Sep · VGK

Signed C William Karlsson to a two-year contract.

29 Sep · VGK

Placed C Jakub Cormier, RW Matyas Hemmerling and C Jakub Uchacz on the injured non-roster list.

23 Sep · VGK

Placed D Jaycob Megna, D Adam Ginning, D Joe Fleming, C Jakub Demek and D Jeremy Davies on waivers.

5 Oct · STL

Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.

27 Sep · STL

Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.

19 Sep · STL

Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.

Injury report

Vegas · 2026 draft

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#29Juho PiiparinenRound 1 · TapparaD

#63ForfeitedRound 2 ·

#92Benjamin WilmottRound 3 · BarrieC

#95Sean BurickRound 3 · PentictonD

Full draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

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#11Tynan LawrenceRound 1 · Boston UniversityC

#16Maddox DagenaisRound 1 · QuebecC

#75Luke SchairerRound 3 · Usa U-18D

#107Landon NyczRound 4 · UmassD

Full draft

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Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues: game preview

Nine points apart last season

Meeting number 34

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Vegas out-attempted St. Louis 171 to 136

Vegas Golden Knights

St. Louis Blues

Vegas have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Vegas

St. Louis

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Vegas crease

St. Louis crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

7 on the injury lists

Vegas · injuries

St. Louis · injuries

Latest moves

Vegas · 2026 draft

St. Louis · 2026 draft

Thursday 22 October · the full slate