Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues

Bowman scores his first NHL goal, sparks Golden Knights to 4-1 win over Blues

Brandon Saad, Noah Hanifin and Tomas Hertl also scored for Vegas while Akira Schmid stopped 22 shots.

Philip Broberg scored for the Blues at 15:57 of the third period. Blues goalie Joel Hofer recorded 29 saves.

Saad, a former Blue, scored his first goal of the season at 12:52 of the first period. Saad signed as a free agent with the Knights in January after he and the St. Louis Blues mutually agreed to terminate his contract.

Bowman, a rookie, scored his first NHL goal in his second game at 14:58. He was all alone on the left side of the goal and pushed the puck in for the power-play goal. He earned his first assist on Saad’s goal.

A long shot from the blue line 36 seconds into the second period by Hanifin, his first this season, gave Vegas a 3-0 lead.

Hertl scored on a breakaway at 11:20 of the third period, extending the Vegas lead to 4-0.

The Blues’ first shot in the second period came at 12:13. That snapped an 18:36 skid between shots on goal.

St. Louis has just three wins in their last 14 games (3-7-4).

The Blues have allowed 73 goals while scoring 52 for a minus 21 scoring differential this season.

Linesman Brad Kovachik missed the game with an injury, so the game was handled by two referees and one linesman.

Up next Golden Knights: Will play the Wild on Sunday in St. Paul.

Blues: Will play the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night in Toronto.

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VGK leads series 1-0