Buffalo Sabres vs St. Louis Blues Match Player Stats On Feb 25, 2022

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