The St. Louis Blues finally snapped their four-game losing streak with a much-needed 3-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres Thursday night KeyBank Center. Behind a lockdown defensive effort and a dominant goaltending display, the win gave head coach Jim Montgomery exactly the kind of response he had been demanding from his group.

Backup goaltender Joel Hofer was the difference, stopping all 27 shots he faced for his third career NHL shutout and earning high praise from his head coach after the game. It was a turnaround performance just 24 hours after the Blues’ 6-1 loss to the Washington Capitals, a defeat that led Montgomery to scratch forward Jordan Kyrou as part of a team-wide accountability reset.

The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford shared the coach’s postgame comments on his X (former

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