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In a game against the Ottawa Senators, the St. Louis Blues coach, Drew Bannister, reassembled the line of Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas, and Jordan Kyrou, who had previously found success together. The Blues dominated the game, with a 4-2 victory, marking Bannister's first win as the new coach. Robert Thomas contributed with three points, including two goals and an assist, while Pavel Buchnevich and Brandon Saad also scored. Goaltender Jordan Binnington made 32 saves. The team's early shooter mentality and strong top-line performance were key factors in the win.
Shot from distance slips past Oettinger 1:16 in. It is 1-0 Ottawa.
Three-period takeaways from #stlblues 4-2 win vs #sens includes Blues with mentality to shoot early, often, getting game's first 11 shots; Thomas and Saad putting separation in during the second period; Blues didn't attack much but put game away in third: https://t.co/dpgX6HYZE3
Three keys in the #stlblues 4-2 win against the #sens include the Bannister affect, top line plays like a top line and early shooter's mentality all set the tone for a win with new coach, snapping four-game slide: https://t.co/zjz140POOW
GAME RECAP: Thomas, Binnington lead #stlblues to 4-2 win against #sens, giving Drew Bannister first win in first game since replacing Craig Berube: https://t.co/uYkG1y0dKj
Robert Thomas on being back together with Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou on a line: “Buchy and Rouzy worked their butts off, won a lot of battles, did everything right. I was on the receiving end of their hard work. I owe it to those guys, they played great tonight.”
final: #stlblues 4, #sens 2 ... Blues win first game under Drew Bannister. Thomas three points (2g-1a), Saad, Buchnevich with goals, Binnington 32 saves.
Bannister had multiple conversations with his new staff about the line combinations and he really wanted Buchnevich-Thomas-Kyrou together. That's why. Some nice back-and-forth passing between Kyrou and Buchnevich to set up the latter for the goal, 4-1. #stlblues
Nice passing from Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich. 4-1, Blues.
After one,#stlblues lead #sens 1-0. Shots are 15-6 in favor of STL. Good period for the home side.
Drew Bannister on reassembling the Buchnevich-Thomas-Kyrou line: "When you talk about Robbie, Buchy, Jordan, the most success they had was last year together. I want to give our team the best opportunity to win tonight and I think it’s having them on a line together. ...