St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings

· National Hockey League

St. Louis Blues

30-27-6

Final
3 - 2

Los Angeles Kings

31-20-9

Robert Thomas scores in regulation and shootout, Blues beat Kings 3-2

Jake Neighbours also scored for St. Louis late in the first period while Jordan Binnington made 21 saves as the Blues played their second game of six-game trip and the first of three in Southern California.

Quinton Byfield and Trevor Moore scored for the Kings, who have now lost five straight. Darcey Kuemper made 28 saves.

Neighbours scored with 1:10 to play in the first period, flipping a backhander over Kuemper's shoulder.

Byfield tied it at 1-1 just 32 seconds later.

Moore scored at 9:46 of the second period to put LA up 2-1. It was his sixth goal in his last 11 games.

Thomas tied it at 2-all on the power play with 47 seconds to play in the second period.

Takeaways Blues: The surging Blues are 6-1-1 in their past eight games.

Kings: The Kings remain in third place in the Pacific Division despite their recent skid.

Key moment Binnington made two saves in overtime on clean breakaways by the Kings then stopped Adrian Kempe and Moore in the shootout.

Key stat Thomas has five goals and 10 assists during his 11-game point streak.

Up next The Blues are at Anaheim on Friday night, then return to Crypto.com Arena to face the Kings again Saturday night. The Kings are off until Saturday.

Regular Season Series

STL leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 18:50	Jake Neighbours Goal (16) Backhand, assists: Colton Parayko (20)
Goal	1st Period 19:22	Quinton Byfield Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Kevin Fiala (16), Vladislav Gavrikov (18)
Goal	2nd Period 10:14	Trevor Moore Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Mikey Anderson (11), Warren Foegele (16)
Goal	2nd Period 19:13	Robert Thomas Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (30), Cam Fowler (16)
Goal	5 0:00	Jake Neighbours Goal Wrist Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Kevin Fiala Goal Wrist Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Robert Thomas Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

STL		LA
19	Blocked Shots	17
20	Hits	22
1	Takeaways	1
30	Shots	23
1	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	2
25.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
27	Faceoffs Won	25
51.9	Faceoff Win Percent	48.1
10	Giveaways	25
2	Total Penalties	4
4	Penalty Minutes	8

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Phillip Danault, C	Day-To-Day	Dec 19
Darcy Kuemper, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 16

St. Louis Blues Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Nick Bjugstad, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 16
Dylan Holloway, LW	Injured Reserve	Dec 15
Jordan Kyrou, RW	Injured Reserve	Dec 10
Jimmy Snuggerud, RW	Injured Reserve	Dec 1
Zach Dean, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 29