Boston Bruins’ Connor Clifton (75) tangles with St. Louis Blues’ Ivan Barbashev (49), of Russia, in the course of the first interval in Sport 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Remaining, Wednesday, Might 29, 2019, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Charles Krupa)
BOSTON — Carl Gunnarsson scored on a delayed penalty 3:51 into additional time, Jordan Binnington made 21 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night time to tie the Stanley Cup Remaining at a sport apiece.
Robert Bortuzzo and Vladimir Tarasenko additionally scored to assist St. Louis win a Cup finals sport for the primary time in 14 tries in franchise historical past. It was the primary additional time in a Cup ultimate since Sport 2 of 2016.
Charlie Coyle and Joakim Nordstrom scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask made 33 saves. The Bruins received 4-2 in Sport 1 on Monday night time and had received eight straight video games.
Sport 3 is Saturday night time in St. Louis.
Gunnarsson additionally hit the put up behind Rask with about 2 minutes left in regulation. Within the ultimate minute, Boston’s David Pastrnak had an opportunity off a faceoff, however Binnington turned it away.
“Would have liked to have it within the third, however who cares?” Gunnarson mentioned on the ice moments after his blast previous Rask. “It’s nice, taking this dwelling.”
After a livid first interval that led to a 2-all tie, the groups went on defence within the second. Regardless of 4 penalties, together with a high-sticking, blood-drawing double-minor in opposition to Boston’s Connor Clifton, neither group was in a position to rating.
It stayed tied by a hard-hitting third interval, with each groups failing to transform good scoring possibilities and keep away from additional time.
However after the break, it was all Blues.
Boston didn’t get off a shot within the additional time, and the Jap Convention champs struggled to clear it out of their very own zone. With a penalty developing, the Blues pulled Binnington for an additional skated and maintained possession till they may work it round to Gunnarsson for a rifle into the nook of the online.
Gunnarsson additionally assisted on Bortuzzo’s aim halfway by the primary interval that deflected off Matt Grzelcyk’s stick previous Rask to make it 1-1.
Nordstrom scored simply 40 seconds later to provide Boston a 2-1 lead, however that lasted lower than 5 minutes earlier than Tarasenko took benefit of a mistake by Brad Marchand and lifted the puck over Rask with a second effort to tie the rating once more at 2.
Bruins defenceman Matt Grzelcyk left with about two minutes left within the first interval after taking an elbow to the top from Oskar Sundqvist. The Bruins didn’t rating on the following energy play.
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Notes: New England Patriots coach Invoice Belichick was the pregame banner waver. … The Bruins scored a power-play aim for the sixth straight sport, the second-longest post-season streak in franchise historical past. They’ve had seven-game streaks 3 times, most just lately in 1999. The 19 energy play objectives can also be the No. 2 in Bruins playoff historical past, second to the 24 in 1991. … The Blues have been with out ahead Robert Thomas, who hasn’t performed since successful from Torey Krug in Sport 1. Defenceman Vince Dunn missed his fifth consecutive sport. … Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy pulled Rask for an offensive zone faceoff with 1.2 seconds left within the second interval. Neither group managed a shot.
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