The Buffalo Sabres found themselves on the wrong side of a 3-0 loss on Thursday night to the St. Louis Blues. It was a deflating performance against a team in St. Louis that came into this game struggling and decided to make one of their best players a healthy scratch for this game.
In the end, it didn't matter, and the Sabres looked like the team that had only four points in the past nine games. The Sabres looked to have their chances based on the box score as they outshot the Blues 28-17, including 12-5 in the third period.