Bruins blank Blues in 1st meeting since Cup final
BOSTON >> David Pastrnak scored his team-leading 11th goal, Tuukka Rask stopped
26 shots for his second shutout this season and the Boston Bruins beat the defending champion St. Louis Blues
3-0 Saturday in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final.
It was the first meeting between the teams since St. Louis won its first Cup last season, skating with the trophy around the TD Garden ice in Boston on June 12 after a 4-1 victory in Game 7.
Anders Bjork also scored for Boston (7-1-2). Brandon Carlo added an empty-net goal with 49 seconds left.
Rask, who played his
500th game with the Bruins in a win over Toronto on Tuesday, recorded his 47th career shutout. He’s 5-0-1 in six starts this season, picking up his solid play that carried Boston to the final. PREDATORS 3, LIGHTNING
2>> Ryan Ellis scored 3:15 into overtime and Nashville Predators beat Tampa Bay.
Ellis scored from the left circle shortly after Nashville failed to score on power play that resulted from Tampa Bay having too many men on the ice.
CANADIENS 5, MAPLE LEAFS
2>> Jonathan Drouin scored two goals on breakaways, and Montreal beat Toronto.
Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia and Nick Suzuki also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a two-game losing skid.
Carey Price made saves.
HURRICANES 4, 29
BLACK
HAWKS 0 >> Petr Mrazek stopped 32 shots to record his second shutout in 12 days and Carolina took advantage of Chicago’s continuing scoring woes.
Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Nino Niederreiter had a goal and one assist for the Hurricanes (7-3-1).