BOSTON (AP) — Derek Roy scored once in regulation and again in the fourth round of the shootout on Thursday night as the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 3-2.
Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 shots in regulation, two more in the overtime and three in the shootout as St. Louis won for the fourth time in five games and continued the hottest start in its history. David Backes also scored for the Blues, and NHL points-leader Alexander Steen converted their other shootout goal after going the entire game without a shot.
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Gregory Campbell and Carl Soderberg scored for Boston. Tuukka Rask made 24 saves and forced Roy to put one off the post on a breakaway in the first minute of the overtime.
Soderberg broke in alone on the goal in the last 15 seconds of the overtime, but he meekly shot it into Halak’s pads just before the final buzzer.
That sent the game to a shootout, and Boston took an early lead when Patrice Bergeron beat Halak over his shoulder to make it 1-0. T.J. Oshie, David Krejci and Jarome Iginla all missed before Steen poked it through Rask’s pads to tie the shootout 1-1 after three tries apiece.
Chris Kelly missed for Boston in the first extra round, and Roy went in quickly, skidded to a stop and then went around Rask to poke the puck in for the winner.
It was St. Louis’ 15th win in 21 games this season.
The Bruins scored late in the first when Blues defenseman Ian Cole fell in his own end, allowing Boston to keep the puck in the zone. Torey Krug slid it over to Campbell, who tried to one-time it but sculled it off the heel of his stick. The slow-moving puck seemed to confuse Halak and went into the net off the corner of the post.
But the Blues tied it just 37 seconds later, when Roy wristed the puck toward the net from the left point. Stewart tried to deflect it near the circle, missing the puck but knocking a defender’s stick away. Another Blues player tried to get a stick on it in the crease but it also eluded him as he was taken down by Boston defenseman Matt Bartkowski.
Instead, the undeflected puck went right through Rask’s legs to make it 1-all with 9 seconds left in the period.
St. Louis took a 2-1 lead late in the second when Kevin Shattenkirk’s wrist shot from the point was deflected into the net by David Backes. It was Shattenkirk’s 100th career assist.
This time it was the Bruins’ turn to answer quickly.
About 21/2 minutes after the Blues took the lead, Reilly Smith fed the puck from behind the net to Soderberg in the slot and he beat Halak to tie it 2-2.
NOTES: Hall of Famer Bobby Orr took part in a ceremonial puck drop. John “Pie” McKenzie, another member of the 1970 and â72 Stanley Cup champions, was also in attendance. The 1970 team swept St. Louis in the finals. … The Bruins called up D Kevan Miller to fill in while Adam McQuaid and Dennis Seidenberg are out with undisclosed injuries. Miller made his NHL debut. … St. Louis finished a three-game road stretch. They split the first two, losing to Washington and beating Buffalo by 4-1 scores. … The first penalty of the game was called with 1:54 gone in the third period. … Steen entered the night tied for the league lead with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby at 26.
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