LAS VEGAS – Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Shea Theodore each scored a goal and an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.

Nicolas Roy, playing in his 300th career game, scored the Golden Knights’ other goal and Mark Stone had two assists. Adin Hill made 19 saves.

Pavel Buchnevich totaled two goals and an assist for the Blues – who lost for the first time this season after winning their first two – and Robert Thomas had the other goal. Jordan Kyrou recorded two assists and Jordan Binnington made 24 stops.

Mathieu and Pierre-Olivier Joseph became the first brothers to play in a game for the Blues since Rich and Ron Sutter in 1993. They are the seventh pair of brothers in the club.

Blues: St. Louis is proving to be a tough opponent. The Blues were playing their second consecutive and third game in four days – all away. They overcame multi-goal deficits to win their first two games and fell 3-1 in the second period on Friday. The Blues reduced the lead to one goal twice.

Golden Knights: The top lineup of Barbashev, Eichel and Stone scored five goals in Wednesday’s 8-4 season-opening win over Colorado and accounted for two more goals against the Blues.

The Golden Knights fell behind in the first period for the second straight game before quickly answering. After Buchnevich scored at 6:47, Eichel responded 1:15 later, picking up Barbashev’s pass on a 2-on-2 rush.

12 – The number of goals the Golden Knights have scored in two games.

The Blues play their first home game when they host Minnesota on Tuesday, the first of four straight home games. The Golden Knights play the last of three home games when Anaheim comes to town on Sunday.

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