Buffalo Beats the Blues in Back-to-Back Road Win

Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty ImagesScore: Sabres 5, Blues 3

Shots: BUF 31 STL 28

Buffalo Sabres: Goals: Jeff Skinner (20), Alex Tuch (23), Owen Power (2), Tage Thompson (33), Dylan Cozens (17)

St. Louis Blues: Goals: Ivan Barbashev (8), Brayden Schenn (12), Jordan Kyrou (23)

Plus 1: Skinny Strikes First

Just one minute into the first period, Jeff Skinner scored with a wrist shot on Blues goalie Jordan Binnington assists from Thompson and Okposo. It was Skinner’s 20th goal of the season and his second in five games.

Other Sabres forwards, especially Tage Thompson, have outpaced Skinner in the scoring department. TNT already has 33 goals this year, so it’s great to see No. 53 up his offensive…