Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues
Game 4 – BOS Leads 2-1
Game Recap:
Coming into Game 4 the St. Louis Blues are looking to erase the bad taste in their mouth from Game 3 when the Boston Bruins came into their home and dismantled them 7-2 to take the 2-1 series lead, and the Blues would deliver early when Ryan O’Reilly would pick up the rebound and wrap it around the net and past Tuukka Rask 43 seconds into the game for the quick 1-0 lead. Then later in the period the Bruins would respond as Charlie Coyle would pick up a Zdeno Chara rebound in front of the net and get it past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at one a piece. However, the game would not remain tied for long as the Blues would continue pushing and it would be Vladimir Tarasenko picking up an Alex Pietrangelo rebound in the slot and wristing it past Rask to reclaim the lead 2-1.
In the second period we would have a slew of penalties with the first two creating a lot of momentum for the Blues, but no powerplay goals would be scored. However, while the Blues were on their second powerplay opportunity the Bruins would create an offensive opportunity that would see Brandon Carlo score his first of the playoffs when he would one time the rebound past Binnington who had no chance on the play. Going into the second period it would be tied 2-2.
In the third period we would see both teams trade powerplay opportunities that would once again see no one take advantage of them, but it would be the Blues half way through the period as Ryan O’Reilly would score his second of the game to break to 2-2 tie and give the Blues the lead back. then with the goalie pulled Brayden Schenn would strip the puck off of the Bruins defender and send the puck into the empty net to ice the game at 4-2, and tie the series at two a piece.
Lineups:
Boston Bruins:
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes
Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen
Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
John Moore — Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman
Injured: Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) Chris Wagner (concussion protocol), Kevan Miller (lower body)
St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko
Zach Sanford — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron
Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Sammy Blais
Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen
Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn — Carl Gunnarsson
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso
Injured: Robert Thomas (undisclosed)
First Period:
Blues Goal – :43 – Ryan O’Reilly (4) from Zach Sanford (2) and Vince Dunn (6)
Bruins Goal – 13:14 – Charlie Coyle (9) from Zdeno Chara (4)
Blues Goal – 15:30 – Vladimir Tarasenko (11) from Alex Pietrangelo (12) and Brayden Schenn (7)
End of 1st – BOS – 1 STL – 2
Shots 09 13
Faceoffs 15 13
Hits 16 24
PP 0/0 0/0
Second Period:
Bruins Penalty – 5:47 – Charlie Coyle 2 minutes for High Sticking
Blues Penalty – 8:31 – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for Delay of Game
Bruins Penalty – 13:53 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head
Bruins SHG – 14:19 – Brandon Carlo (1) from Patrice Bergeron (8) and Brad Marchand (13)
End of 2nd – BOS – 2 STL – 2
Shots 18 25
Faceoffs 24 25
Hits 29 32
PP 0/1 0/2
Third Period:
Bruins Penalty – 2:08 – Danton Heinen 2 minutes from Tripping
Blues Penalty – 6:42 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for High Sticking
Blues Goal – 10:38 – Ryan O’Reilly (5) from Alex Pietrangelo (13) and Carl Gunnarsson (2)
Blues ENG – 18:31 – Brayden Schenn (4) from unassisted
Blues Penalty – 19:34 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Elbowing
Bruuins Penalty – 13:34 – Torey Krug 2 minutes for Slashing
End of 3rd – BOS – 2 STL – 4
Shots 23 38
Faceoffs 31 34
Hits 41 44
PP 0/2 0/3
Next Up:
Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2
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