BUFFALO, N.Y. — Looking for a chance to build on the momentum of Jordan Binnington’s good start on Saturday, Craig Berube decided to put him in on Thursday against Buffalo.
It was another good step forward for Binnington, but the momentum that mattered most was from red-hot forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who had his second straight multi-goal game and third in the past six games with a hat trick and Robert Thomas had five assists as the suddenly unbeatable Blues extended their win streak to a season-high seven games with a 6-2 win over the Sabres at Key Bank Arena.
The win moves the Blues to the brink of securing a playoff spot and ran their record in the past 10 games to 9-0-1 and 5-0-1 in their past six road games. The Blues now come home for a big weekend against division rivals Minnesota (at home) and Nashville (on the road).
