St. Louis Blues at Buffalo Sabres

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St. Louis Blues

7-9-1

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Buffalo Sabres

8-8-1

Dahlin scores in overtime as the Sabres beat the Blues 4-3

Rasmus Dahlin sends Sabres fans home happy with OT winner

Alex Tuch and Ryan McLeod each had a goal and an assist in Buffalo's fourth win in five games. Zach Benson also scored, and Devon Levi made 24 stops.

Brandon Saad scored twice for St. Louis, which dropped to 0-3-1 in its last four games. Pavel Buchnevich also scored.

Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington had 29 saves.

St. Louis had a 3-2 lead before Tuch scored with 7:03 remaining in regulation. Dahlin’s power-play goal in OT was his fourth of the season.

Takeaways Blues: Saad had no goals and four assists in his previous nine games.

Sabres: Buffalo was without leading scorer Tage Thompson and starting goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen who are each day to day with health issues.

Key moment Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist took a goaltender interference penalty in the final 30 seconds of the third period. The Sabres held onto the puck to get a full two minutes on the power play to start overtime.

Key stat Benson has scored in three of five games since returning from an ankle injury on Nov. 5.

Up next The Sabres begin a four-game trip in Philadelphia on Saturday, and the Blues continue a three-game trip in Boston on Saturday afternoon.

Regular Season Series

BUF leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:11	Brandon Saad Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Brayden Schenn (5), Colton Parayko (6)
Goal	1st Period 12:47	Zach Benson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (4), Owen Power (10)
Goal	1st Period 16:49	Ryan McLeod Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jacob Bryson (2), Alex Tuch (11)
Goal	2nd Period 5:25	Pavel Buchnevich Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jordan Kyrou (10), Jake Neighbours (3)
Goal	2nd Period 17:15	Brandon Saad Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Schenn (6), Dylan Holloway (4)
Goal	3rd Period 12:57	Alex Tuch Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (6), Bowen Byram (8)
Goal	4th Period 1:33	Rasmus Dahlin Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: JJ Peterka (8), Jack Quinn (4)

Statistics

STL		BUF
19	Blocked Shots	10
28	Hits	26
5	Takeaways	10
27	Shots	33
0	Power Play Goals	1
1	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
39	Faceoffs Won	22
63.9	Faceoff Win Percent	36.1
12	Giveaways	7
3	Total Penalties	1
6	Penalty Minutes	2

Buffalo Sabres Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jordan Greenway, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Zach Benson, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G	Injured Reserve	Feb 3
Josh Norris, C	Injured Reserve	Feb 2
Justin Danforth, RW	Injured Reserve	Jan 26