St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins
Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2
Game Recap:
Coming into Game 5 would be the question as to whether or not Zdeno Chara would suit up for the Boston Bruins after taking a puck to the jaw in Game 4 that would force him to miss the second half of the second period and entire third period. For the Bruins they would get Big Z for an important Game 5 against the visiting St. Louis Blues and he would play 5:55 in the first period. The Bruins would play off of that buzz of having Chara in the lineup and would outshoot the Blues 17-8 in the first, but would not get anything past Jordan Binnington who would stand tall in net.
Heading into the second period the Blues would only need 55 seconds as Ryan O’Reilly would backhand a shot past Tuukka Rask to give the Blues the first lead of the game off of an amazing offesive zone rush by Blues to make the goal happen. The Blues would come close near the end of the period to extend their lead, but it would be David Krejci sliding through the crease to prevent Alex Pietrangelo from doing so.
In the third period we would see the momentum rock back and forth between the two teams, but midway through the period the Blues would strike after a controversial play that would see Tyler Bozak trip Noel Acciari (sorry Aryan, it was a trip), but because the officials did not call it and play continued which would lead to David Perron scoring to make it 2-0 for the Blues. However, an irate Bruins team would respond during a delayed penalty against the Blues when Jake DeBrusk would score to cut the deficit back to one. The Bruins would force a late push, but the Blues would hold their ground and win the game 2-1 and take the 3-2 series lead going into Game 6 on Sunday night.
Lineups:
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
Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn , Ville Husso
Injured: Robert Thomas (undisclosed)
Boston Bruins:
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci
Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen
Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
John Moore — Connor Clifton
Steven Kampfer
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Karson Kuhlman, David Backes, Matt Grzelcyk
Injured: Chris Wagner (concussion protocol), Kevan Miller (lower body)
First Period:
Blues Penalty – 6:27 – Vince Dunn 2 minutes for Delay of Game
Bruins Penalty – 17:22 – Brad Marchand 2 minutes for Slashing
End of 1st – STL – 0 BOS – 0
Shots 08 17
Faceoffs 11 04
Hits 17 21
PP 0/1 0/1
Second Period:
Blues Goal – :55 – Ryan O’Reilly (6) from Zach Sanford (3) and Alex Pietrangelo (14)
Blues Penalty – 9:25 – David Perron 2 minutes for Interference
End of 2nd – STL – 1 BOS – 0
Shots 14 25
Faceoffs 24 15
Hits 29 35
PP 0/1 0/2
Third Period:
Blues Penalty – 3:09 – Alexander Steen 2 minutes for Interference
Blues Goal – 10:36 – David Perron (7) from Ryan O’Reilly (14)
Bruins Goal – 13:32 – Jake DeBrusk (4) from Torey Krug (15)
End of 3rd – STL – 2 BOS – 1
Shots 21 39
Faceoffs 38 26
Hits 34 43
PP 0/1 0/3
Next Up:
Game 6 – STL Leads 3-2
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