In St Louis, the Blues trailed the Boston Bruins, 3-0, in the middle frame on Sunday afternoon.
Jordan Kyrou scored late in the second to send the game to the third with the Bruins ahead, 3-1.
In the third, Torey Krug trimmed the deficit to 3-2 midway through the stanza.
“Obviously, they had a good start, but we reacted well eventually,” said Krug, who played his first nine NHL seasons with Boston. “I thought for the most part, we played the right way and guys showed a lot of courage sticking in the fight. We had guys battling through injuries and making big plays at big moments. Unfortunately, we just didn’t get the extra point.”
Kyrou then hit for his second of the game with 15 seconds left on the regulation to get the Blues even and force extra time.
“Late in the second, we’re down 3-0,” Kyrou said. “We don’t have any goals. So, it’s a nice boost.”
The extra session solved nothing, but the Bruins grabbed their 60th win of the season when Charlie Coyle scored the only marker on penalties for a 4-3 win.
Linus Ullmark made 35 saves in the Bruins win.
Boston moved to 60-12-5.
“It is special,” Bruins forward Brad Marchand said. “At the end of the day, I think we’ve done a really good job at kind of staying in the moment but when the year’s over and I guess careers are all over and we kind of look back, it’s pretty special to be part of a group like this and to break records.”
The Bruins took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a strike by Jake DeBrusk off an odd man rush.
St Louis dropped to 35-35-7.
“It’s very disappointing,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. “This organization, and what’s expected of everybody, we’re not very happy for sure.”
Boston took a seemingly safe lead when
Tyler Bertuzzi and Oskar Steen scored 44 seconds apart for a 3-0 advantage to the Bruins.
“I think, No. 1, we wind up on top because of our great goaltender,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “He was fantastic tonight and as soon as Charlie scored, I was like, ‘You know what, he’s not letting one in.’ You could just see it through his cage. … We’re playing tired, because it was four games in six nights, and we made some mistakes that we can’t make so it’s a good learning (experience).”
Boston reached 125 points on the season, a franchise best.
“It is something we try not to get caught up in,” Marchand said. “But it does speak a lot about the commitment of the team this year, the depth of the group, how great of a job management and the ownership group did putting a really good group together. Teams like this don’t come together very often and it is very special to be a part of it.”
Jordan Binnington made 28 saves in the Blues loss.
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