Golden Knights at Blues
The St. Louis Blues look to build off an explosive offensive performance on Thursday when they face the visiting Vegas Golden Knights, who have dropped three of their last four games. Vladimir Tarasenko tallied twice in Saturday's 7-3 romp over Chicago to raise his goal total to three in his last two games after failing to find the back of the net in each of his previous six contests.
St. Louis forward Ryan O'Reilly extended his point streak to five games (three goals, seven assists) after scoring a goal and setting up two others against the Blackhawks. Jake Allen exited that contest following a collision in the crease, but the 28-year-old was no worse for wear during Wednesday's practice and will be in net versus Vegas. Reilly Smith scored on the power play for his third goal of the season -- all on the road -- in Tuesday's 4-1 setback in Nashville, and had three points (one goal, two assists) against St. Louis last season. Rugged Ryan Reeves has three goals in his last five games heading into a tilt against the team with which he spent his first seven NHL seasons.
TV: 8 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet-Rocky Mountains (Vegas), FS Midwest (St. Louis)
ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (5-6-1): Jonathan Marchessault capped a two-goal performance 22 seconds into overtime of Vegas' 4-3 win versus St. Louis on March 30. The 27-year-old Quebec native has done quite well for himself this season, recording six of his team-leading 12 points in the last six games. Marchessault's six assists are tied for the club lead with fellow center William Karlsson, who scored two goals and set up three others against the Blues last season.
ABOUT THE BLUES (3-4-3): David Perron is anxious to see his former team, as he returned to St. Louis in the offseason after being selected by Vegas in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. "We're going to dinner, a bunch of us together (on Wednesday night), 15 or 16 guys. I miss them a lot," the 30-year-old said. "When you go through everything we went through last year, basically a group of guys you can always look back and remember that year, it was an extremely special one. It's going to be good to see them." St. Louis also will be happy to see forwards Robby Fabbri and Nikita Soshinkov as well as defenseman Carl Gunnarson, as the trio was activated from injured reserve Wednesday.
OVERTIME
1. St. Louis' 13 power-play goals are tied with Washington for the most in the league.
2. Vegas' 30th-ranked power play has scored in each of the last three games.
3. Blues C Brayden Schenn recorded one point in each game against the Golden Knights last season.