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ST. LOUIS -- Coach Ken Hitchcock hopes the combination of a lopsided loss, a day off and a good practice on Monday will result in a better performance when the St. Louis Blues host the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.Theres building times and this is it, Hitchcock told NHL.com. Weve got a real opportunity right now.The Blues have lost three games in a row and five of their last seven, including a 3-1 defeat at Nashville and an embarrassing 8-4 loss at Columbus on Saturday night, a game in which they trailed 7-1 at one point.Three of those recent losses came in games in which the Blues allowed five or more goals.Theres spots in games where were doing everything we want to do, then all of the sudden, things turn the other way and its going negative, said defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Its got to come from within this room. Nobodys going to help us. Everythings getting magnified. Were not being as assertive as we usually are. You identify a check, you know thats youre guy and youre going to play him hard. If someone makes a mistake, youre there to help your teammate out right away.Were getting spread out in our end, were not communicating the way we need to communicate, and thats resulting in glaring opportunities, whereas in the past, if those were there, it didnt seem like they were obvious opportunities. I think when we get more assertive and play teams harder, be tougher to play against, its going to work in a positive direction.Jake Allen, who was pulled in the second period against the Blue Jackets after allowing four goals, will get the start in net against Buffalo.As a team, the Sabres can relate to what the Blues are going through. They are winless in their last four games, including both a shootout and an overtime loss. They have scored a combined four goals in those games.Just like the Blues, the Sabres have had a problem staying out of the penalty box. They have been called for five or more penalties in four of their last five games. The Blues have been called for the most minor penalties in the league (76) while Buffalo ranks 11th with 58 minor penalties.Weve got to stay out of the box, Sabres right winger Kyle Okposo told NHL.com. Thats something that needs to be addressed and needs to be executed. There are some penalties that you have to take and other ones that are just undisciplined penalties. Weve got to stay away from the undisciplined ones.Center Ryan OReilly, who has missed two of the last three games, could play against the Blues, according to coach Dan Bylsma. Buffalo still is expected to recall at least one forward and a defenseman from the minor leagues before Tuesday nights game.The Sabres have fallen to last in the NHL with an average of 1.93 goals per game.Maybe the biggest surprise is we havent got to the power play as much as we need to to get opportunities to score, Bylsma told the Buffalo News. 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Stuart Lancaster has hit out at the perception that he did not do much hands-on coaching in his four years as England boss.The 46-year-old has joined Leinster as a member of their coaching team for the rest of the season, his first extended role since stepping down as England chief in November 2015 in the wake of his teams dismal World Cup campaign.Leinsters new senior coach, who will work under head coach Leo Cullen, has filled various short-term roles this summer for British Cycling, the Football Association, Atlanta Falcons and in New Zealand domestic rugby.?Lancaster, whose primary responsibility at Leinster is to coach defence, said: Ive coached virtually every part of the game, whether I go back to my teaching career til I was 30, but Ive coached now for 16 years.I think there was a perception in England that I probably didnt do any coaching.Andy Farrell clearly led on the defence when I was with England [but] I was coaching defence not less than three weeks ago in New Zealand.[At] Counties Manukau my main remit was to coach defence. So Ive got my own philosophy. Clearly its been influenced by the people Ive worked under as defence coaches. I watched Mike Ford when he was England defence coach, obviously Andy Farrell latterly, I worked with Paul Gustard in Argentina when he came with me.I think I understand a lot about defence but equally as I mentioned earlier on, Ive got a reasonably broad range and hopefully I can influence the attacking stuff as well and aalso reach down a bit to some of the academy work.ddddddddddddI come from a player development background, my role in England was not just head coach, [I was] head of elite player development, and I like to think I can offer Leinster something in that regard as well.Lancasters opportunity to join the three-time European Cup winners, last terms Guinness PRO12 runners-up, came after former defence coach Kurt McQuilkin returned to New Zealand for family reasons. Although Lancasters main remit is defence, it is instructive that his title is senior coach and not defence coach.Cullen believes he has signed an all-rounder. I always follow people that I admire in the game, good people, said the former Ireland and Leinster lock.I want to bring a good person into the group first and foremost, people that have a quality skill set that can add to the group, not just from a defensive point of view but in a whole host of other areas.Straight away theres a big attraction there for having a candidate like Stuart here so Im absolutely delighted that hes decided to join here.Although Lancaster has coached at a higher level than Cullen, he said: Im more than happy to work underneath Leo because I dont know the club, I dont know the environment, I dont know the relationships and everything. It suits me down to the ground just to get back into coaching again. ' ' '