St. Louis Blues (26-21-2, fourth in the Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (22-24-4, seventh in the Atlantic Division)
Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues visit the Buffalo Sabres aiming to extend a three-game road winning streak.
Buffalo is 22-24-4 overall and 11-13-1 in home games. The Sabres have conceded 156 goals while scoring 147 for a -9 scoring differential.
St. Louis has an 11-12-1 record on the road and a 26-21-2 record overall. The Blues have a 10-2-1 record in games decided by one goal.
Saturday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Blues won 6-4 in the previous meeting.
TOP PERFORMERS: John-Jason Peterka has 18 goals and 15 assists for the Sabres. Casey Mittelstadt has one goal and eight assists over the last 10 games.
Jake Neighbours has scored 15 goals with four assists for the Blues. Pavel Buchnevich has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sabres: 5-5-0, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.5 assists, 4.1 penalties and 10.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.
Blues: 6-3-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.3 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.
INJURIES: Sabres: Mattias Samuelsson: out for season (upper body), Jack Quinn: out (lower body).
Blues: Kasperi Kapanen: out (lower body), Scott Perunovich: day to day (lower body), Justin Faulk: out (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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