BUFFALO, N.Y. — St. Louis forward Jordan Kyrou was a healthy scratch for Thursday night’s 3-0 victory at Buffalo as Blues coach Jim Montgomery tried to spark improvement from his struggling team.

The Blues were 1-6-2 in their past nine games and entered Thursday in 15th place in the Western Conference. St. Louis followed a 3-2 win at home against Edmonton with a 6-1 road loss at Washington on Wednesday night.

“There were several people we weren’t happy with the effort last night,” Montgomery said following Thursday’s game. “It didn’t matter the role, there was a lot of guys that didn’t play up to their role or responsibilities on the team. And the players we ended up going with we thought gave us the best opportunity to win tonight.”

Mathieu Joseph replaced Oskar Sundqvist in the lineup

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