ST. LOUIS — It was a game that had trouble written all over it for the Blues, one game at home against a non-contending team sandwiched between two four-game trips. It was enough of a concern that Blues coach Craig Berube addressed the situation with his team before practice on Thursday.
The message may not have totally gotten through as the Blues had to battle all night against the Sabres before coming away with a 5-3 win before a sellout crowd at Enterprise Center. The Blues have won three in a row and are 5-0-1 in six games since getting blown out by New Jersey in their first game after the All-Star break.
Jordan Kyrou, who got a personally delivered message from Berube after practice on Thursday about the need to use his feet more, did just that, snapping out of a post-All-Star Game slump with two first-period goals to raise his season total to 20, extending his career high even further, and assisted on the game-winner when Colton Parayko knocked in a rebound and Ville Husso did what has become routine for him. Jake Walman put the Blues ahead in the second period and new dad Brayden Schenn scored into an empty net with 33 seconds to play to seal it. Husso stopped 34 of 37 shots he faced in a hectic night in the Blues' end.
