St.Louis Blues take measure of Boston Bruins

That brings us to the end of a first period — Boston Bruins 0, St.Louis Blues 0. Boston Bruins edged the shot clock 9-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Casey DeSmith was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Boston Bruins went 0-for-2 while St.Louis Blues went 0-for-1.

Boston Bruins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Boston Bruins 1, St.Louis Blues 1. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 10-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

David Pastrnak opened the scoring for Boston Bruins at 12:41, then Ryan O'Reilly tied it for St.Louis Blues at 18:16.

Justus Annunen was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

St.Louis Blues owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Boston Bruins 0, St.Louis Blues 2. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 13-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jordan Martinook put St.Louis Blues in front at 0:24, then Mikael Backlund extended the lead for St.Louis Blues into the empty net at 19:32.

Justus Annunen was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 0-for-1, and an empty-netter helped seal it.

St.Louis Blues owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.