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STANLEY CUP: Blues edge Bruins in Game 5

By David Souza
By David Souza

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins fell to the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final despite a late rally in the third period. The Blues claimed their second road victory of the series, downing Boston, 2-1. The win gives St. Louis a 3-2 series lead and moves the Blues a win away from their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

Ryan O'Reilly opened the scoring in the second period, backhanding a shot past Tuukka Rask in the period’s opening minute. David Perron added a second goal for the Blues in the third, sending a shot in through Rask’s pads.

Perron’s goal came with some controversy as Boston’s Noel Acciari appeared to be tripped by St. Louis forward Tyler Bozak seconds before the goal. The incident went uncalled, however, and the Blues doubled their lead.

Boston's Jake DeBrusk halved the deficit with a one-timer from the right face-off circle, but the Bruins were unable to find the equalizer in the waning minutes of the contest.

Game 6 is slated for Sunday at 8 p.m. in St. Louis

PREVIOUS: Blues score twice in the third to even the series

Boston, the champions of the Eastern Conference, reached their third Stanley Cup Final in nine seasons after sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Finals. Conversely, St. Louis appears in the championship round for the first time in 49 years after defeating the San Jose Sharks in six games in the Western Conference Finals.

This series is the second time the two squads square off with the Stanley Cup on the line. The first came in 1970 - the last time the Blues played in the final round - when Boston won the series four games to none.

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11:02 p.m.: Final: Blues 2, Boston 1.

11:00 p.m.: Bruins take their timeout with 16.5 seconds remaining in the third period.

10:50 p.m.: Jake DeBrusk makes it 2-1, one-timing a pass from Torey Krug to bring Boston within one.

10:40 p.m.: David Perron scores following a controversial no-call with Tyler Bozak appearing to trip Noel Acciari. 2-0 Blues.

10:24 p.m.: Make that 0-for-3 as the Blues kill off the penalty.

10:21 p.m. With 16:51 to go in the third, Alex Steen goes off for interference after laying a hit on David Krjeci. Bruins are 0-for-2 thus far on the power play.

10:15 p.m.: The third period is underway.

9:58 p.m.: After 2: Blues 1, Bruins 0

9:39 p.m.: Bruins come up with nothing on the man advantage. The score remains 1-0 St. Louis.

9:36 p.m.: David Perron whistled for interference, sending the Bruins to the power play with 10:34 remaining in the second period. Blues lead 1-0 still.

9:19 p.m.: Ryan O'Reilly buries one in the opening minute of the second period to make it 1-0 St. Louis.

9:18 p.m.: The second period is underway in Game 5 in Boston.

8:59 p.m.: End of 1: Boston 0, St. Louis 0

8:58 p.m.: Bruins kill off the infraction as Rask makes a tremendous post-to-post save.

8:55 p.m.: Brad Marchand goes to the penalty box for slashing.

8:39 p.m.: Blues kill the penalty.

8:35 p.m.: Blues earn the first penalty of the contest, with a Delay of Game minor (Vince Dunn) coming with 13:33 to go in the first. Bruins to the powerplay.

8:25 p.m.: Game 5 is underway.

8:15 p.m.: Chara will also be in the starting lineup.

8:00 p.m.: Steven Kampfer and John Moore will play tonight, meaning Grzelcyk and David Backes will be out for Game 5.

7:45 p.m.: Captain Zdeno Chara is on the ice for warmups, but Matt Grzelcyk is NOT.

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