In Boston, the St Louis Blues’ early season spiral continued on Monday night, in a 3-1 loss to the Bruins. For St Louis, it was their seventh straight loss after opening the season with three wins.
With the score tied, 3-3, in the third, Patrice Bergeron hit for the game-winner with less than eight minutes left in the game for Boston.
“I think in the third period, we didn’t come out with enough urgency,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “It seemed like we were in our end too much, and we gotta be better on the penalty kill and the power play. We had three power plays in the first period, didn’t get a lot accomplished, and they scored two power-play goals. That’s the game, so we gotta be better.”
Linus Ullmark made 25 saves in the Boston win.
“I think it’s always fitting that Bergeron comes through,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “There’s not enough words that I can say about how much he means to the team culture and to the team productivity. He’s just a player that gets the job done, night in night out.”
St Louis dropped to 3-7-0.
Jake DeBrusk staked the Bruins to a 1-0 first period on a strike off the power play.
“That’s what they’re looking for because it’s a money play, and they still find ways to make plays,” DeBrusk said. “On my goal, I knew that puck was coming through. I didn’t know how, but I knew [Pastrnak] was going to try it, and it caught me off guard.”
The Blues tied the game, 1-1, in the middle frame off a goal from Brayden Schenn .
“Effort’s there. We showed up tonight,” Schenn said. “We competed hard, that’s a good team over there. You know, just got to find a way to score goals and get the results we want.”
The Bruins improved to 77-2-0.
“It was great to be back in Boston, you could tell our players are really excited,” Montgomery said. “I didn’t think the second period was very good for us. I thought St. Louis came at us, and we didn’t respond to their push, but we pushed back in the third, and I liked the way we took over the game.”
Trent Frederic gave the Bruins some breathing room with a marker at 16:28 for the 3-1 final.
Jordan Binnington made 34 saves in the Blues loss.
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