Bobby McMann registered the first hat trick of his NHL career as the short-handed Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday night. William Nylander had the other goal for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov made 14 saves.
Joel Hofer stopped 33 shots, Jake Neighours scored twice and the St. Louis Blues returned from their bye week off with a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
Joel Hofer stopped 33 shots, Jake Neighours scored twice and the St. Louis Blues returned from their bye week off with a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Jordan Kyrou scored the go-ahead goal 4 1/2 minutes into the second period and the Blues won their sixth of seven outings. The Blue had been off since a 1-0 loss to Columbus on Jan. 30. Kyle Okposo was credited for Buffalo’s lone goal after being the last Sabres player to touch the puck before Blues defenseman Matthew Kessel’s banked his clearing attempt off the skate of teammate Oskar Sundqvist and into the net.