Louis Blues) The scoring play was like so many the Blues have seen before. Pavel Buchnevich took a pass from Justin Faulk in the left faceoff circle and hammered a shot on goal. Robert Thomas swept the rebound inside the left post and past Vegas goaltender Ilya Samsonov.

Samsonov will defend the road crease against St. Louis on Thursday, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports. After a six-game winning streak between late December and early January, Samsonov has cooled off ...