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ST. LOUIS -- Robby Fabbri insists nothing has changed since being a healthy scratch for the first time in his career. His play says otherwise.Jaden Schwartz and Kyle Brodziak scored early in the third period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.Fabbri and Scottie Upshall also scored and Jake Allen made 23 saves for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid and beat the Sabres for the ninth straight time.Maybe just more attention to little details, but my games stayed the same, said Fabbri, who has scored three goals in two games since returning to the lineup. Just trying to stick to that, stay positive and keep going here.Sam Reinhart scored and Robin Lehner stopped 27 shots for the Sabres, who lost their fifth consecutive game.The Blues are 4-0-2 in their last six at home and have allowed two goals or fewer in eight of their nine games at the Scottrade Center this season.Schwartz broke a 1-1 tie 44 seconds into the third period on a rebound past a prone Lehner, who had made a sprawling save to stop Dmitrij Jaskins breakaway moments before.It was a great play by Jask, Schwartz said. He had a lot of speed and made a good power move and just a fortunate bounce for me. I think anyone could have put that in.Brodziak tipped in Ryan Reaves pass to give the Blues a 3-1 lead at 2:16 of the third. It was Brodziaks first goal since April 4 against Arizona.While Fabbri is known for his skill, the second-year player changed the game with his fists by getting into a second-period fight with Josh Gorges a couple of minutes after Gorges checked Alexander Steen hard into the boards. It was just the second fight of Fabbris NHL career, the other coming Feb. 14 against Tampa Bay.I dont know what got into me, but I wanted to be that guy so I went out on that shift so I asked him, Fabbri said. And the funny part is I asked him again and hes like, `Are you serious? and Im like, `Well yeah, kind of, so thats what happened.Steen briefly returned after the hit, but was taken out of the game shortly after for precautionary reasons. He will be re-evaluated Wednesday.Reaves said Fabbris willingness to stick up for a teammate energized the Blues.It only motivates us when a guy like that who doesnt fight and hes a skill player goes and sticks up for our team, Reaves said. Youve got to give him that pat on the back and if that doesnt get you up, you might as well sit down. And he did a good job. If he would have landed that first one it would have been night-night.Reinharts power-play goal gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 7:55 of the first period. The goal came 18 seconds after Upshall took an ill-advised hooking penalty for St. Louis in Buffalos zone.Fabbri tied it three minutes later. All three of his goals during his streak have come on the power play.Lehner made 11 saves and Allen made eight saves in a scoreless second period. Allen robbed Reinhart with his left pad midway through the frame, while Lehner stopped a Jaskin shot from the slot late in the period.Were strapped for goals, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said. Were strapped for opportunities to get the goal and its not for a lack of effort, guys are throwing it out there and giving everything they got.Game notes Blues F Nail Yakupov was a healthy scratch for the fourth time in six games. ... 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Host nation?Brazil?finally broke out of an Olympics scoring slump to beat?Denmark?4-0 and advance out of the group stages.Gabriel Barbosa scored for the?Selecao?in the 26th minute to register the first goal for his country during the tournament thus far.The goal seemed to open the floodgates for the struggling Brazilians, who began to pour forward. Just before half-time Gabriel Jesus added his teams second, pouncing on a beautiful cross to the far post from countryman Luan to make it 2-0.Brazil picked up where it left off in the second half, as Luan calmly slotted home from six yards out following a nice build up and cross in from teammate Douglas Santos.Gabriel added a second goal in the 80th minute, taking matters into his own hands with a left-footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom-right corner.The win, combined with a draw between Iraq and South Africa, sees Brazil finish top of Group A and advance to the quarterfinal round.?The Brazilians will next play Colombia on Saturday in Sao Paulo.Argentina crashed out at the group stage on Wednesday after drawing with Honduras 1-1 in Brasilia.A 75th minute?Anthony Lozano penalty gave the CONCACAF side, who qualified for the next round, a 1-0 lead before?Mauricio Martínez pulled a goal back for the South Americans in second-half stoppage time.The Albiceleste, who had threatened not to show for the tournament just weeks before the opening ceremony, couldnt muster a winner, however, and failed to reach the second stage of the competition for the first time since 1964.In Group Ds other match, Portugal finished top of the group with a 1-1 draw aagainst Algeria.ddddddddddddGoncalo Paciencia gave the reigning European champions a brief advantage from the penalty spot before?Mohammed Benkablia equalised for the Algerians just five minute later.In addition to Argentina, defending Olympic champions Mexico were eliminated after falling 1-0 to South Korea.Chang-Hoon Kwon scored in the 77th minute to qualify South Korea top of Group C.?Hirving Lozano was sent off in second-half stoppage time for the Mexicans.Germany, needing a win to advance, throttled Fiji?10-0 in Group Cs second match.?Nils Petersen scored five times, while?Maximilian Meyer added a hat trick and?Serge Gnabry added a brace for the dominant Germans at the Mineirao, which was the scene of the senior teams 7-1 World Cup semifinal defeat of Brazil in 2014.Germany will play in the quarterfinals against Portugal in Brasilia, while Honduras will face South Korea in Belo Horizonte.In Group B, Colombia joined Nigeria in the knockout stage with a 2-0 defeat of the Africans in Sao Paulo.?Teofilo Gutierrez and Dorlan Pabon scored in each half for the South Americans.The result left Japan and Sweden with no chance to advance despite the formers 1-0 victory courtesy of a second-half strike from Shinya Yajima.Iraq?and?South Africa?were both eliminated following a 1-1 draw at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo.Saad Luaibis 14th minute goal cancelled out an early opener from South Africas Gift Motupa as both teams head home after finishing third and fourth in Group A. 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