NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 1/20/2025

St. Louis Blues (22-21-4, 48 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (29-14-3, 61 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Monday, January 20
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/FDSN MW/SCRIPPS
Radio:
St. Louis – 101 ESPN (101.1 FM)
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

St. Louis +1.5 ML +170
Vegas: -1.5 ML -205
O/U 5.5

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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:

The Blues are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night. The loss snapped a two game winning streak for the Blues. They are 4-4-0 in January.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights dropped their third straight game on Saturday night as they lost 5-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks. They’re now 4-5-0 in January.

St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:

Neighbours-Thomas-Buchnevich
Holloway-Schenn-Kyrou
Walker-Sundqvist-Bolduc
Toropchenko-Faksa-Joseph

Fowler-Parayko
Broberg-Faulk
Tucker-Suter

Binnington
Hofer

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Olofsson-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Howden-Karlsson-Schwindt
Pearson-Roy-Kolesar

Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

St. Louis Blues

Pavel Buchnevich this season has 29 points on 11 goals and 18 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights 14 times in his career recording ten points on five goals and five assists; in the matchup earlier this season he had two goals and an assist.

Vegas Golden Knights

Ivan Barbashev this season has 30 points on 15 goals and 15 assists. He’s faced the Blues five times in his career recording five points on a goal and four assists; in the previous matchup between these two earlier this season, he had a goal and an assist.

Injury Report:

St. Louis Blues

D Nick Leddy – IR
D Torey Krug – LTIR

Vegas Golden Knights

None

Next Game:

St. Louis – January 23 vs Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas – January 23 at St. Louis Blues

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