LAS VEGAS — Jack Eichel came to Las Vegas in 2021 with lofty expectations that he has mostly fulfilled, including helping lead the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup championship two seasons ago. Now he has taken his game to an even higher level.

Set to return

Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn scored during a shootout after St. Louis gave up two goals in the final minutes of regulation, and the Blues held on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Monday

Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn both scored in the shootout as the St. Louis Blues, despite blowing a two-goal lead in the final 3:10 of regulation, pulled out a 5-4 shootout victory over the slumping Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.

Forwards from three lines (Brayden Schenn, Nathan Walker and Jake Neighbours), plus a defenseman (Cam Fowler) scored goals. The Blues struck on the power play. Jordan Binnington made 28 saves.

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It sure seemed to work for Pavel Dorofeyev on Sunday night. The 24-year-old right wing, after going through one of the longest dry spells of his young NHL career, broke through with two power-play goals and an assist to help the Knights defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena.

The Golden Knights enter the second half of their season tied with Washington and Winnipeg atop the NHL with 59 points

Ivan Barbashev is on the ice. The Golden Knights leading goal scorer (15) is set to return to the top line alongside Jack Eichel and Mark Stone. He missed the last 10 games with an upper body injury.

The Golden Knights rallied from two goals down to force a shootout against the St. Louis Blues on Monday at T-Mobile Arena, but fell 5-4 to extend their losing streak to four games. Center Jack Eichel and right wing Pavel Dorofeyev scored in the final 3:10 of regulation for the Knights.

Fourth-liner Adam Edstrom’s artful redirection of Jonny Brodzinski’s centering feed at 5:57 of the third period broke a tie and the penalty kill came up with two huge kills after that as the Rangers beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 2-1, in the opener of their three-game road trip.

For 59 1/2 minutes, it looked like Monday afternoon's date with the Vegas Golden Knights was just what the doctor ordered for the Blues.