Blues tie series 1-1 in Boston
Gunnarsson’s goal gives team 1st-ever Final win
BOSTON – Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson bumped into coach Craig Berube in the bathroom before the start of overtime and told him: “I just need one more.”
“He hit the post in the third there, and he just felt good about himself, obviously. Which he should have,” Berube said. “I liked hearing it.”
After clanging the potential winner off the post in the final two-minutes of regulation, Gunnarsson scored on a delayed penalty 3:51 into overtime to give St. Louis a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins and tie the Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece.
Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for the Blues, who won a game in the Cup final for the first time in 14 tries. Robert Bortuzzo and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored to help St. Louis win the first overtime in a NHL final since 2016.
Charlie Coyle and Joakim Nordstrom scored and Tuukka Rask made 33 saves for Boston, which won 4-2 in Game 1 on Monday night for their eighth straight postseason victory.
Game 3 is Saturday night in St. Louis.
Gunnarsson also assisted on Bortuzzo’s first-period goal and then hit the post behind Rask with about 2 minutes left in regulation. In the final minute, Boston’s David Pastrnak had a