St. Louis Blues roll to 6-2 win over Vegas Golden Knights as Justin Barron posts first career four-point game

By Vancouver Television Sports Desk

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues turned in a decisive offensive performance on Thursday night, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2 at Enterprise Center. Justin Barron paced the win with the first four-point game of his career as the Blues improved to 5-4-1 and won their second straight in a five-game home stand.

Barron’s production was central to the scoring burst that separated the teams. Dylan Holloway finished with two goals and an assist, and Jimmy Snuggerud added a goal and an assist for St. Louis. In goal, Joel Hofer made 27 saves as the Blues built and maintained control throughout the game.

For Vegas, Brett Howden and Jack Eichel each found the net in the loss, which left the Golden Knights with a 8-4-0 record. Vegas fell for the second time in a row and entered the game without forward Mitch Marner, who missed the matchup due to the birth of his second child. Adin Hill made 25 saves for the Golden Knights.

The game’s opening goal came on the power play early in the first period. Pavel Buchnevich scored at 10:00 to give St. Louis a 1-0 lead. The sequence began with Connor McMichael putting a long-range shot on net that rebounded to Jonatan Berggren in front; Berggren kicked the puck out to Buchnevich, who elevated it just underneath the bar.

St. Louis pushed the lead to 2-0 at 13:49 when Barron scored for the first time since April 16, 2025. The play started with an Otto Stenberg forecheck that created a loose puck before Aleksanteri Kaskimaki found Barron as he came down into the right circle. Barron then whipped a wrist shot in off the left post and in, marking his first goal for St. Louis. The goal also gave Kaskimaki his first NHL point in seven career games.

Vegas responded in the second period. Howden scored his fourth goal in five games at 5:38 to cut the St. Louis advantage to 2-1. Noah Hanifin’s shot from the left point struck Howden’s stick in front, and after collecting the rebound, Howden tucked the puck behind Hill’s left skate.

However, the Blues restored their cushion quickly. Mason McTavish extended St. Louis’ lead to 3-1 at 8:30 by winning a face-off in the offensive zone and moving to the net. McTavish tipped Adam Jiricek’s shot from the left point through Hill’s legs to put St. Louis back in front by two.

McTavish’s goal continued a strong early stretch for the forward, as he had recorded a point in eight of the Blues’ 10 games this season, according to the game recap.

The Golden Knights pulled within one again at 4:08 of the second period when Eichel scored to make it 3-2. Eichel drove up the left side and attempted to center the puck to Mark Stone at the back post, but the puck instead caromed in off Blues defenseman Cam Fowler’s left skate.

St. Louis then reclaimed a two-goal lead at 8:21 when Snuggerud scored to make it 4-2. Using Hanifin as a screen, Snuggerud beat Hill from distance with a wrister to the stick side, putting Vegas behind again just after the one-goal gap.

Holloway put the game further out of reach in the third period, first making it 5-2 at 10:29. He beat Hill with a wrister from the high slot off a Robert Thomas backhand feed. Holloway then added his second goal of the night at 16:05 to make it 6-2, scoring on the power play with a one-timer from the low edge of the right circle off a Jake Neighbours pass.

With the 6-2 margin, the Blues collected another home victory and saw Barron’s offensive burst stand out as the defining storyline. Vegas, meanwhile, absorbed its second straight defeat while continuing to play without Mitch Marner due to family circumstances.