St. Louis visits Vegas after Kostin's 2-goal game
St. Louis Blues (2-0-0, first in the Central) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (1-1-0, seventh in the Pacific)
Paradise, Nevada; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT
LINE: Golden Knights -129, Blues +108; over/under is 6
BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host St. Louis after Klim Kostin scored two goals in the Blues' 7-4 win against the Coyotes.
Vegas finished 40-14-2 overall and 21-5-2 at home during the 2020-21 season. The Golden Knights scored 31 power play goals with a 17.8% success rate on power play opportunities last season.
St. Louis went 27-20-9 overall and 15-9-4 on the road a season ago. The Blues scored 167 total goals last season, 36 on power plays and six shorthanded.
The teams meet Wednesday for the first time this season.
INJURIES: Golden Knights: Mark Stone: day to day (undisclosed), Max Pacioretty: out (undisclosed), Mattias Janmark: day to day (health protocols), William Carrier: day to day (upper body).
Blues: None listed.
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