After a sluggish first period, the Bruins came alive in the second and third periods to beat St. Louis, 5-2, at Enterprise Center.
The win was the third in a row for the Bruins, who got points from nine skaters and 24 saves from Jeremy Swayman in the win.
Fraser Minten and Mark Kastelic carried the offense for the Bruins, with each scoring twice.
In a weird twist, those goals were the 5th and 6th of the season for both players. SYNERGY.
David Pastrnak returned from injury and didn’t miss a beat, recording an assist on the B’s first and last goals.
Robert Thomas got the scoring started with a power play goal through traffic early in the first period, making it 1-0 Blues.
That would be it for scoring in the first, as the Bruins survived a sloppy period overall thanks to some great work in net from Swayman.
The B’s managed to tilt the ice in their direction as the second period wore on, eventually finding paydirt midway through.
After a hard-working shift, Minten collected a loose puck and tucked it in an open net to make it a 1-1 game.
The B’s would take the lead less than two minutes later when a great point shot from Victor Soderstrom was tipped in, making it 2-1 Bruins. The goal was originally credited to Sean Kuraly, but later changed to Mark Kastelic.
Shortly after Joel Hofer made a few saves in a net-front scramble, the Blues cashed in on an Andrew Peeke turnover with Buchnevich and Thomas linking up again to make it a 2-2 game.
Just three minutes later, it was Kastelic again — this time, collecting the puck in the crease and tucking in his second goal of the night. 3-2 Bruins.
This time, it was Minten again — once again, just three minutes later. Shortly after tipping a point shot off the post, Minten has a classic “NHL 2006 on PS2” turn-and-fire to make it 4-2 Bruins.
Pavel Zacha would add an empty-netter with just under two minutes to go to seal it.
The B’s will be in Winnipeg to face the Jets on Thursday night.