Buffalo is back in action tonight and looking to snap a four-game winless streak. They're also looking to break through for a win against the Blues in St. Louis for the first time since 2009. It doesn't get any easier as Ryan O'Reilly and Dmitry Kulikov will not play, according to coach Dan Bylsma.

O'Reilly and Kulikov missed practice yesterday due to injuries. O'Reilly played only two shifts in the third period of Friday's game against New Jersey and sat out on Saturday in Newark as he re-aggravated an injury that also caused him to miss the game last Wednesday at Ottawa. Kulikov missed both games over the weekend with an undisclosed injury.

Forwards Nicholas Baptiste and Evan Rodrigues and defenseman Justin Falk will have the opportunity to step into the lineup tonight against St. Louis as they've been recalled from Rochester. Bylsma first made those announcements during his weekly appearance this morning on WGR 550.

Baptiste has appeared in 10 games in his first NHL season for the Sabres this year, including each of the team's last eight games, tallying two goals. He scored two goals for the Amerks in Rochester's 3-2 win against the Springfield Thunderbirds on Sunday to improve his AHL totals to seven points (5+2) in six games this season.

Rodrigues joins the Sabres on his first recall of the season after recording a goal and an assist in two games during his first NHL season with the team last season. The Toronto, Ontario native recorded 30 points (9+21) in 72 games during his first professional season with the Amerks in 2015-16 and has tallied eight points (3+5) in 13 AHL games so far this season.

Falk, who appeared in both of the Sabres' games against the New Jersey Devils last week, has a plus-3 rating in 10 games for Rochester this season. In 173 career NHL games, Falk has recorded 23 points (2+21) and 151 penalty minutes.

The lines will certainly look a little different than they did yesterday as those Amerks weren't at practice. Will William Carrier stick with Sam Reinhart and Kyle Okposo on the top line? Jourdon LaBarber has more on what Carrier has done to earn that opportunity.

Ain't no sunshine in St. Louis lately

Buffalo hasn't had much recent success against St. Louis to say the least.

The Sabres are looking to snap an eight-game winless streak (0-7-1) against the Blues and a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) in St. Louis. Their last win against the Blues was a 5-3 victory in St. Louis on Dec. 27, 2009. No Sabres - and only three Blues (Patrik Berglund, David Perron and Alexander Steen) - who played in that game remain on the teams' rosters today.

Some good news for Buffalo: Kyle Okposo has eight points (3+5) in his last six games against the Blues, including points in each of his last three in St. Louis (2+2). Robin Lehner is 3-1-0 in four career games against the Blues with a .924 save percentage (we'll see if he gets the start tonight).

St. Louis is also coming off an 8-4 loss in Columbus on Saturday.

On improving special teams

Video: BYLSMA: After Practice

Buffalo has taken a lot of penalties over the last few games, but the good news is that they've been pretty successful in killing them off. The Sabres have gone 14-for-14 on the penalty kill in their last three games and ranked 10th in the league with a penalty kill percentage of 84.2% entering play Monday.

Of course, Buffalo wants to stay out of the box and then be able to capitalize on their power play opportunities more often. Brian Duff talked to the players about that in yesterday's Sabres in :90.

Video: Sabres in :90 (11/14/16)

On tap today

Jourdon and Duffer are on the scene in St. Louis. We'll have full morning skate coverage leading up to the TOPS Gamenight pregame show with Duffer and Brad May at 7:30 p.m. on MSG. Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray have the call just after 8. The game can also be heard live on WGR 550.

We'll also have our weekly Amerks Update for you today. So stick around for all of that.