ST. LOUIS — In Utah last weekend, St. Louis Blues coach Jim Montgomery benched linemates Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich. He followed that up by separating the two for the next game against the Vegas Golden Knights and the start of the teams’ rematch Thursday night.

The Blues' Robert Thomas speaks with the media on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, after a home loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. (Video courtesy St. Louis Blues)

To finally break the gravitational pull of .500, the Blues will need more from Thomas and Buchnevich. Thomas has a goal, two assists and a minus-3 rating in his last six games. Buchnevich has no goals, two assists and a minus-4 rating over the same span.

Thomas found the back of the net on two shots in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Golden Knights.

The Vegas Golden Knights have lost five out of their last six games and are returning home looking to get back into the win column against the St. Louis Blues.

In Game 23 at home, the Blues fell 4-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights Thursday night. The Blues gained a bit of traction by winning consecutive games over the Calgary Flames at home last week. But they slipped again during this mostly one-sided game to fall back to .

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Blues Head Coach Jim Montgomery will split up his top line of Jake Neighbours, Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich on Monday when his club meets the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena (5 p.m. CT, FanDuel Sports Network,

Vegas was more determined on pucks; Blues looked a step slow; Thomas/Buchnevich were not good enough, have to get going

Mark Stone scored 19 seconds into the game and had an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a four-game skid with a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Victor Olofsson, Pavel Dorofeyev and Tomas Hertl also added goals while Ilya Samsonov made 15 saves as Vegas won for the second time in its last eight games.

Amid their worst losing stretch of the season, the Vegas Golden Knights host the St. Louis Blues in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee Monday in Las Vegas.

Jim Montgomery made it very clear prior to last Thursday's 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames that just because a particular lineup wins a game, or even strings together consecutive wins, that doesn't mean that particular lineup is set in stone for the next game.