Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten scored two goals each as the visiting Boston Bruins rolled the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday.
Pavel Zacha also tallied for the Bruins, who won their third straight game — and their second game against St. Louis in six days.
David Pastrnak earned two assists for Boston after missing the previous five games with an undisclosed injury. Sean Kuraly also notched two assists, and Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves.
Robert Thomas scored twice for the Blues, each time on an assist from Pavel Buchnevich. Joel Hofer made 26 saves as St. Louis’ two-game winning streak ended.
St. Louis sustained another casualty when a high hit knocked Nick Bjugstad out of the game with an upper-body injury early in the second period.
St. Louis tied the game 2-2 at 4:51 of the third period when Buchnevich’s centering pass found Thomas alone in front of the net. However, Kastelic reached into the crease to poke in a loose puck to put Boston up 3-2 at 8:01.
Minten swatted a bouncing puck into the net from the slot to make it 4-2 at 11:33, and Zacha finished off the Blues by finding an empty net at 18:19.
The Blues took a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 5:27 into the game when Buchnevich fed Thomas for a shot from the high slot.
The Bruins outshot the Blues 13-3 during the second period and kept the hosts under duress for 19 minutes, emerging with a 2-1 lead at the second intermission.
Minten tied the game 1-1 by tapping the puck into the open right side during a goalmouth scramble at 12:48 of the middle frame. Kastelic put Boston up 2-1 by deflecting Victor Soderstrom’s shot from the left point less than two minutes later.
The Blues finally mustered an offensive push in the final minute of the second period, but Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm blocked Jake Neighbours’ backhand shot toward the open side of the net.
–Field Level Media
