In Buffalo Saturday, the visiti9ng St Louis Blues continued to get a strong effort from Carter Hutton who made 27 saves to blank the Sabres, 1-0.
“It doesn’t seem like we win a lot of 5-0 games,” Blues head coach Mike Yeo said. “What I like is that we defended hard tonight. That has to be a staple of our game, and it’s just every team is playing for something right now, every player is playing for something right now. … It’s hard hockey.”
The Blues improved to 32-19-3 and have won four straight.
For Hutton, it was his third shutout of the season and second in his last three starts.
Carl Gunnarsson scored late in the third period for all the offense the game would get.
“All credit to [Alexander Steen],” Gunnarsson said. “I thought he was going to get the puck, then I saw he kind of stopped up the winger trying to get out and it was just easier to step into. So, he made it easy for me.”
Gunnarsson was back in the lineup after missing three games as a healthy scratch.
“He played a great game,” Yeo said. “It was not a hard decision (to put him in), like I said before that we were looking for an opportunity. We needed to get him in, he deserved to get back in, and I’m very happy for him. Obviously, getting the goal was big, but I thought he played an outstanding game all-around.”
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Robin Lehner made 32 saves in another loss where he received no offensive support.
“As a group, we can’t be satisfied with playing well against a good hockey team,” the Sabres’ Jack Eichel said. “Those are games where you need to find a way to get a goal, come up big. Someone’s got to step up there. Myself, I got to step up and get something there.”
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