Compounding the Blues' woes was the absence of forward Pius Suter, one of the team's top defensive forwards. His right ankle injury landed him on the injured list this week along with forwards Dylan Holloway (ankle), Nick Bjugstad (upper body) and Nathan Walker (upper body).

The Golden Knights lost for the sixth time in seven games when they squandered a first-period 2-0 lead and lost to the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Wednesday.

Two Western Conference squads hit the ice when the fifth-place Vegas Golden Knights (17-9-11) host the 11th-place Nashville Predators (17-17-4) at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET. Nashville won on the road in its most recent game on Dec. 29, 4-3 over the Utah Mammoth.

Welcome to the NHL On Tap. Three NHL.com writers will share what they are most looking forward to on the schedule each day. Today, their choices from the five games Friday.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis Blues NHL game to be played on January 2, 2026 on ESPN.

With Brayden McNabb sustaining an upper-body injury on Wednesday against Nashville, the Golden Knights have brought up an extra blueliner.  The team announced (Twitter link) that they’ve recalled Jaycob Megna from AHL Henderson.

A popular pick to win the Stanley Cup, the Islanders are 2-2-1 on the longest trip in their history that started on the East Coast, went to the Midwest and continues west with the second of a back to back against the Vegas Golden Knights (10 p.

Schmid made 15 saves in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Predators.

The Wild scored early in both the first and second periods to run away with the Western Conference game in Vegas.

Marner, Stone and Theodore will join Vegas’ head coach Bruce Cassidy for Canada’s team at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games in February