Thompson makes 30 saves, as Marchessault scores his 39th goal in overtime.

Logan Thompson made 30 saves and Jonathan Marchessault scored in overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Monday.

Marchessault scored 49 seconds into the overtime period for his team-best 39th goal, helping improve Vegas to 39-25-7 on the season. More importantly, however, the Golden Knights increased their lead for the second wild-card spot to five points with 11 games remaining.

Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for Vegas. He opened the scoring at 5:59 of the first period. The Blues tied the game late in the third period.

Thompson made 13 saves in the third period and also stopped a penalty shot in overtime to help propel the Golden Knights to the victory.

Vegas continues its road trip Tuesday against Nashville.

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