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Vegas Golden Knights: Carrier’s brilliance, other takeaways from Blues win

By Andrew Steele-Davis

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 04: Vegas Golden Knights players stand at attention during the national anthem prior to a game against the St. Louis Blues at T-Mobile Arena on January 04, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 04: Vegas Golden Knights players stand at attention during the national anthem prior to a game against the St. Louis Blues at T-Mobile Arena on January 04, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 04: Vegas Golden Knights players stand at attention during the national anthem prior to a game against the St. Louis Blues at T-Mobile Arena on January 04, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 04: Vegas Golden Knights players stand at attention during the national anthem prior to a game against the St. Louis Blues at T-Mobile Arena on January 04, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images) /

There is such a thing as a statement win and you can slide the Vegas Golden Knights’ stunning comeback success over the St. Louis Blues under that category.

Dominated in almost every aspect and entrenched in a three goal hole, the Vegas Golden Knights somehow fought their way back to beat the reigning Stanley Cup champions in overtime on Saturday.

It was a wild contest and one that threatened to get away from the Knights at one point as David Perron, going up against his former team, put up a three point night for the Blues.

He tallied the primary helper on Alex Pietrangelo‘s power play goal in the first period, before sliding a dish across to Jaden Schwartz on an odd-man rush with Schwartz beating Marc-Andre Fleury with a wrister.

The Golden Knights were being beat up on and it only got worse before the opening period came to an end as Oskar Sundqvist made it a three goal game.

However, games feature flashpoints that can change the tide and there were two such moments in the second period.

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First, a plethora of players were sent to the box following a giant scrum, which seemed to light the fire under the Vegas Golden Knights.

Then, after Marc-Andre Fleury pulled off a huge save, the puck bounced over the goalie and looked to be heading into the net until Nick Holden arrived and swiped the puck off the line to keep Vegas alive.

Those two moments acted as turning points as the Golden Knights fought their way back into the contest.

Ryan Reaves battled hard in-front of the net to force the puck past Blues backup Jake Allen, before William Carrier displayed his playmaking ability to send a feed across to Paul Stastny who made it a one-goal game going into the final period.

The momentum was firmly with the Knights by this point and they made it a tied game early in the final period as Nicolas Roy‘s hard work in the slot paid off, while Reilly Smith put his team in the driving seat.

There was one more sting in the tail for Vegas, however, as Perron continued to haunt his old team by unleashing a hell of a shot past Fleury on the power play to take the game to overtime.

And a superb turnaround was complete at 3:01 in overtime when Chandler Stephenson stripped the puck from Robert Thomas before scoring on the breakaway to make it four consecutive wins for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Let’s delve into some takeaways from an exhilarating contest between the Knights and the St. Louis Blues…

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