Binnington stopped 32 shots, and Ryan O’Reilly scored for the fourth straight game Wednesday night to lead the Blues to a 4-1 victory over Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final and their first NHL championship. Boston outshot St. Louis 33-20, but the Blues went ahead at the end of the first period on goals from Reilly and Pietrangelo about three minutes apart. St. Louis can stop singing the blues. He is the first player since Wayne Gretzky to score in four consecutive Stanley Cup final games. Bouwmeester has played 1,184 regular-season games — the third most among active players who had not gotten their names etched on the Stanley Cup ... until now.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 02:47 UTC