ST. LOUIS (AP) — Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins’ best players took the criticism to heart.
They weren’t good enough through the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final and needed to be better. And they were.
The stars came out on Saturday night and propelled Boston to a 7-2 rout of the St. Louis Blues to take a 2-1 series lead. Bergeron and defenseman Torey Krug each scored a goal and had two assists, David Pastrnak scored his first goal of the series and the top power-play unit was a perfect 3 for 3.