Bruins bend Blues’ beat

In St Louis, Robert Thomas  scored for the Blues in the third period to tie their game with the Boston Bruins at 2-2.

The game went to overtime where Charlie McAvoy hit for the game-winner to give the Bruins a 3-2 win, and handed the Blues their first loss in 10 games.

“Your lane is kind of where they’re coming from and vice versa,” McAvoy said. “That’s all I was thinking of, see if I can hold it for a second, change my angle and get a shot off. It went in. Not a lot of them have been going in lately, but that one went in.

“I’m not worried about their win streak. I’m just happy we won.”

Jake DeBrusk and Taylor Hall scored in regulation for the Bruins.

With the win, the Bruins moved one point of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the third in the Atlantic Division; the Lightning lost, 4-3, to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

“We checked very well, limited their chances,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “[St. Louis’] power play got us there. We were a little late with our pressure, but all in all, I thought we did a real good job against a good offensive team. That’s our game. When we play like that, we’re hard to play against, so that’s a real positive.”

Boston improved to 47-24-5.

“Sometimes you get a team when they’re on a winning streak, they’re winning games at the end of it because they’re making plays,” Cassidy said. “I thought if we put a lot of pressure on them and didn’t give them a lot of time and space, we play to our strength because they’ve been scoring a lot of goals and maybe frustrate them. I saw a little of that in the second period. We were able to get on top of them, and that can maybe put a team on its heels.”

Pavel Buchnevich also cored for the Blues in regulation.

“We’ve got to stay consistent,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “There’s home ice on the line, there’s a lot to play for.”

St Louis dropped to 46-20-11. despite the loss, the Blues are riding a 13-game point at 11-0-2.

“We got a big point there, which is good and in our in our fight for home ice, but you know, definitely wasn’t our best effort tonight,” St. Louis’ Ryan O’Reilly said. “… It just wasn’t our best game, that’s for sure.”

Ville Husso made 32 saves. in the Blues loss.

“Well, I thought we played better in the third,” Berube said. “I know we didn’t generate a whole lot, but at least we played the right way in the third period in my opinion. There wasn’t much going on, it was tight both ways, but least we didn’t give them much either. That was important and it was good to see. We responded in the third and then in OT, we just lost the puck behind the net there and they capitalized on an opportunity.”