Buffalo Sabres at St. Louis Blues

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Buffalo Sabres

20-14-4

Final
4 - 2

St. Louis Blues

15-17-8

Tuch scores in 3rd period, Sabres beat Blues 4-2 for 9th straight victory

Noah Ostlund also scored, Peyton Krebs had an empty-netter and Alex Lyon made 16 saves for Buffalo. The Sabres have their longest streak since winning 10 straight in November 2018.

Lyon has started seven games during Buffalo’s nine-game surge, stopping 170 of 185 shots for a .919 save percentage.

Jimmy Snuggerud and Brayden Schenn scored for St. Louis, and Joel Hofer made 30 saves. The Blues are 3-2-1 in their last six games.

Benson scored his fourth goal of the season when he batted a shot from Jack Quinn that was heading wide into the net 1:46 into the third period to give Buffalo a 3-2 lead.

Tuch tied it 2 with his 12th goal of the season. His wrist shot evaded Hofer’s blocker with 4:43 remaining in the second period.

Up next Sabres: At Dallas on Wednesday night

Blues: At Colorado on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 2:19	Noah Ostlund Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (7)
Goal	1st Period 5:08	Brayden Schenn Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Otto Stenberg (4), Jordan Kyrou (9)
Goal	1st Period 8:09	Jimmy Snuggerud Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Robby Fabbri (3), Colton Parayko (11)
Goal	2nd Period 15:17	Alex Tuch Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (13)
Goal	3rd Period 1:46	Zach Benson Goal (4) Batted, assists: Jack Quinn (15), Ryan McLeod (15)
Goal	3rd Period 18:44	Peyton Krebs Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Beck Malenstyn (3)

Statistics

BUF		STL
11	Blocked Shots	18
18	Hits	27
5	Takeaways	3
34	Shots	18
0	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
30	Faceoffs Won	24
55.6	Faceoff Win Percent	44.4
12	Giveaways	17
1	Total Penalties	3
2	Penalty Minutes	6