St. Louis 5, Buffalo 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, February 25, 2022
Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Referees:
Trevor Hanson, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz, Dan Kelly
Attendance:
18096
By Field Level Media
Jordan Kyrou scored two goals and added an assist to power the host St. Louis Blues past the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 Friday night.
Jake Walman, Colton Parayko and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who extended their points streak to six games (5-0-1). Ivan Barbashev had three assists, Justin Faulk had two helpers and Ville Husso made 35 saves to earn the victory.
Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who lost their fifth straight game. Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens also scored, and Dustin Tokarski made 18 saves.
The Blues played down a man after losing fourth-line forward Oskar Sundqvist to a lower-body injury in the first period.
Buffalo started fast and scored just 1:25 into the game to take a 1-0 lead. Okposo set up the goal with a takeaway in the offensive zone. Rasmus Asplund threw the puck at the net from the right point and Cozens jammed the rebound past Husso.
The Blues countered at 7:06 with Kyrou's power-play goal off David Perron's cross-ice pass.
St. Louis upped its lead to 2-1 when Faulk snapped a shot from the blue line and Kyrou redirected it past Tokarski from the high slot at 14:23.
The Sabres tied the game 2-2 at 3:27 of the second period. Rasmus Dahlin fired a shot from the blue line and Okposo deflected the shot past Husso.
Walman put the Blues up 3-2 with 35 seconds left in the period. Tokarski robbed Brandon Saad on a break-in as a Buffalo power play expired, but Walman fired the long rebound into the open net.
Thompson tied the game 3-3 with a power-play goal with 7:26 left in the third, but the Blues countered just 83 seconds later on a 2-on-1 rush. Tokarski stopped Kyrou attacking from the left wing, but Parayko batted the rebound in out of midair.
Schenn iced the game with an empty-net goal with 33 seconds left.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Buffalo |
|
St. Louis |
|
Dylan Cozens 2 |
Points |
Jordan Kyrou 3 |
|
Dylan Cozens 1 |
Goals |
Jordan Kyrou 2 |
|
Dylan Cozens 1 |
Assists |
Ivan Barbashev 3 |
|
Tage Thompson 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Jordan Kyrou 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Dustin Tokarski .818 |
Save Percentage |
Ville Husso .921 |
|
Dustin Tokarski 18 |
Saves |
Ville Husso 35 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Buffalo
|
38 |
3 |
1-5 |
2-3 |
8 |
25 |
| St. Louis
|
23 |
5 |
1-3 |
4-5 |
12 |
26 |
Upcoming Games
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St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Chicago. The Blues have a W/L % of .548 after a win and .700 after a loss.
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Buffalo will play their next game on the road against Dallas. The Sabres have a W/L % of .353 after a win and .278 after a loss.
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