St. Louis Blues Face Off Against Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center
The St. Louis Blues, with a record of 10-6-3, clashed with the Buffalo Sabres, standing at 7-10-2, in an intense matchup at the KeyBank Center. The final score settled at 6-2 in favor of the home team.
The Blues entered the game with a shorthanded strength but managed to put up a fight against the Sabres' powerplay advantage. Despite their efforts, they were outplayed as evidenced by their two goals on 36 shots compared to six goals on 32 shots by the Sabres. The visiting team's shooting percentage was a modest six percent while Buffalo capitalized on nearly nineteen percent of their shots.
Throughout the game, both teams were equally matched in faceoffs with each winning half of them during even strength play. However, when it came to powerplays, the Sabres dominated by winning all four faceoffs they took part in and converting two opportunities into goals.
On defense, both teams blocked twelve attempts from reaching their netminders; however, it was Buffalo's goaltender who stood out with an impressive save percentage of ninety-four percent making thirty-four saves for his team. In contrast, St. Louis' goalie had a challenging night facing thirty-two shots and saving only twenty-six for an eighty-one percent save rate.
Special teams played a significant role in this contest as well; St. Louis scored one goal during their three powerplay chances while Buffalo notched two during theirs. Additionally troubling for St. Louis was that they allowed two shorthanded goals on seven shots against them.
Offensively for St. Louis, there were bright spots as four players contributed assists and collectively they tallied six points throughout the evening's effort despite being minus fifteen in plus/minus rating overall.
As fans look ahead after this tough outing for The Blues', attention turns to their next challenge which will be away from home ice once again as they are scheduled to meet Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on November 25th at 8:00 PM Eastern Time Zone (ET). Fans eager to support The Blues can catch all the action live on TNT channel number 245 or tune into TVAS or SportsNet for international broadcasts.