St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins
· National Hockey League
Zacha scores twice, Korpisalo makes 37 saves in Bruins' 5-2 win over Blues
Morgan Geekie had goal and two assists. Viktor Arvidsson and Alex Steeves also scored, and Elias Lindholm assisted on Boston’s first two goals.
Pavel Buchnevich and Dylan Holloway scored for St. Louis. The Blues have dropped eight of their past 11 games.
Jordan Binnington made 22 saves in the building where he backstopped St. Louis to a Game 7 win over Boston in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals.
The Bruins took a 2-0 lead in the first period. Coming off a two-goal game in Boston’s 5-4 loss to Detroit on Tuesday night, Steeves took a cross-ice feed from Geekie and buried a one-timer. Geekie netted his 21st goal with 6:30 left, finishing a point-blank opportunity in front of Binnington.
Boston had a 5-1 advantage after two periods. St. Louis cut the deficit in half during the opening minutes when Buchnevich beat Korpisalo from the left circle. The Bruins responded behind goals from Arvidsson and Zacha, whose shot from the high slot gave Boston a three-goal lead with 7:34 remaining in the middle period. Zacha’s second goal of the game came on the power play and with two-tenths of a second left in the second period.
Behind the bench for St. Louis was former Boston coach Jim Montgomery, who was fired 20 games into the 2024-25 season. The Blues hired Montgomery days after he was let go by the Bruins In his two full seasons with Boston, Montgomery led Boston to two playoff appearances and the 2023 President’s Trophy, which goes to the NHL team with the best regular-season record.
The Bruins were without leading scorer David Pastrnak, who missed his fourth straight game.
Bruins: Host New Jersey on Saturday night.
Regular Season SeriesBOS leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 6:30 | Alex Steeves Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Morgan Geekie (9), Elias Lindholm (10) |
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Goal | 1st Period 11:25 | Morgan Geekie Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Elias Lindholm (11), Alex Steeves (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 1:59 | Pavel Buchnevich Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Colton Parayko (8) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 6:04 | Viktor Arvidsson Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: Mason Lohrei (9) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 12:26 | Pavel Zacha Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Viktor Arvidsson (5), Mason Lohrei (10) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 19:59 | Pavel Zacha Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Lindholm (12), Morgan Geekie (10) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 9:07 | Pius Suter Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Holloway (7), Jordan Kyrou (8) |
Statistics
 STL |
 BOS |
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|---|---|---|
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 11 |
| 31 | Hits | 19 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 6 |
| 39 | Shots | 27 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 2 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 50.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 30 | Faceoffs Won | 29 |
| 50.8 | Faceoff Win Percent | 49.2 |
| 18 | Giveaways | 19 |
| 2 | Total Penalties | 2 |
| 4 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |
Boston Bruins Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| David Pastrnak, RW | Day-To-Day | Dec 7 |
| Michael Callahan, D | Injured Reserve | Dec 4 |
| Henri Jokiharju, D | Injured Reserve | Nov 29 |
| Charlie McAvoy, D | Injured Reserve | Nov 29 |
| Matej Blumel, RW | Injured Reserve | Nov 28 |
St. Louis Blues Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Kyrou, RW | Day-To-Day | Dec 6 |
| Alexey Toropchenko, RW | Injured Reserve | Dec 4 |
| Nathan Walker, LW | Injured Reserve | Dec 2 |
| Jimmy Snuggerud, RW | Injured Reserve | Dec 1 |
| Zach Dean, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
