Blues at Sabres preview: Keep the streak

Photo by Joe Hrycych/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Blues are rolling on a six game winning streak. Surely they’ve passed the Minnesota Wild in the standings.

Right?

Welcome to the playoff push, where you can play near perfect hockey and the status quo remains. The Blues are 8-1-1 in their last ten, and have a very good chance tonight to win their seventh straight in Buffalo. And yet, there are the Wild.

The Blues are firing on all cylinders, especially buoyed by the return of Torey Krug against his former team on Tuesday. Krug had a goal and an assist on his birthday, helping the Blues to a 4-2 victory over the Bruins. The Blues’ offense, especially their second line of Pavel Buchnevich, Robert…