Blues beat Sabres 3-2

The St. Louis Blues needed strong special teams,Brent Grimes Jersey a stout effort from Jake Allen and a slick move from Alexander Steen to pull out a win Thursday night. The Blues managed a pair of power-play goals, killed off two 5-on-3 penalty situations, got 32 saves from Allen and won when Steen scored the only goal in a shootout for a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. ''It was special teams and goaltender that won the game for us,'' coach Ken Hitchcock said. ''Penalty killing was outstanding. Power play, we scored early in the 5-minute power play ... and then had a great power-play goal in the second period. The guys that killed penalties, especially those guys that were out there on the 5-on-3, did an outstanding job.'' St. Louis has won seven http://www.dolphinsauthenticofficial.com/AUTHENTIC+BRICE+MCCAIN+JERSEYstraight and 17 of its last 19 against Buffalo since 1999. Kevin Shattenkirk and Vladimir Tarasenko scored in regulation for the Blues (13-6-1), who had lost three of four. Allen stopped four shots in the 3-on-3 overtime period and all three shootout attempts. Steen scored in the third round of the shootout, after Shattenkirk and Tarasenko were denied. The goal was reviewed but it held up. ''I felt like he was coming so far out on Shatty and (Tarasenko) that if I make a quick move and beat him to thehttp://www.dolphinsauthenticofficial.com/AUTHENTIC+CAMERON+WAKE+JERSEY post, without getting it up, I thought I'd beat him,'' Steen said. ''He was quick. He got back in a hurry. I was fortunate, it just squeaked over the line.'' Sam Reinhart and Ryan O'Reilly scored for the Sabres (8-9-2), who have lost three straight after a stretch of five wins in six games. Linus Ullmark stopped 27 shots, including three in overtime. ''We were plus-2 on the 5-on-5 Byron Bell Jerseytonight,'' coach Dan Bylsma said. ''I thought the special teams pretty much dictated the whole game right from the beginning with the major penalty that we took. We obviously had the two 5-on-3 situations at the end of the second and in the third period, but 5-on-5 we're playing a tough team, a hard place to play, a hard place to get points and I thought we battled them pretty good minus the special teams.'' The Blues scored first after Tyler Ennis went to the penalty box for 5 minutes for boarding Alex Pietrangelo. Shattenkirk took advantage 5:34 into the first period with his second goal in two games, http://www.nfltitansofficialshop.com/AUTHENTIC+CHANCE+WARMACK+JERSEYassisted by Steen and Tarasenko, on a top-shelf drive past Ullmark, who was screened by David Backes. ''We went out there tonight more with the mentality that we were going out there to score a goal and give our team an advantage, and we did it tonight,'' Shattenkirk said. The Sabres tied it 1:31 into the second period when Reinhart scored on a rebound after Allen blocked a shot from Rasmus Ristolainen.