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
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 | 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 |