Zacha scores twice, Korpisalo makes 37 saves in Bruins' 5-2 win over
Blues
[December 05, 2025]
By BRENDAN McGAIR
BOSTON (AP) — Paval Zacha scored twice, Joonas
Korpisalo made 37 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the St. Louis Blues
5-2 on Thursday night.
Morgan Geekie had goal and two assists. Viktor Arvidsson and Alex
Steeves also scored, and Elias Lindholm assisted on Boston’s first two
goals. |
Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves (21) scores on St. Louis Blues
goaltender Jordan Binnington during the first period of an NHL hockey
game, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) |
|
Pavel Buchnevich and Dylan Holloway scored for St. Louis. The
Blues have dropped eight of their past 11 games.
Jordan Binnington made 22 saves in the building where he
backstopped St. Louis to a Game 7 win over Boston in the 2019
Stanley Cup Finals.
The Bruins took a 2-0 lead in the first period. Coming off a
two-goal game in Boston’s 5-4 loss to Detroit on Tuesday night,
Steeves took a cross-ice feed from Geekie and buried a
one-timer. Geekie netted his 21st goal with 6:30 left, finishing
a point-blank opportunity in front of Binnington.
Boston had a 5-1 advantage after two periods. St. Louis cut the
deficit in half during the opening minutes when Buchnevich beat
Korpisalo from the left circle. The Bruins responded behind
goals from Arvidsson and Zacha, whose shot from the high slot
gave Boston a three-goal lead with 7:34 remaining in the middle
period. Zacha’s second goal of the game came on the power play
and with two-tenths of a second left in the second period.
Behind the bench for St. Louis was former Boston coach Jim
Montgomery, who was fired 20 games into the 2024-25 season. The
Blues hired Montgomery days after he was let go by the Bruins In
his two full seasons with Boston, Montgomery led Boston to two
playoff appearances and the 2023 President’s Trophy, which goes
to the NHL team with the best regular-season record.
The Bruins were without leading scorer David Pastrnak, who
missed his fourth straight game.
Up next
Blues: At Ottawa on Saturday night.
Bruins: Host New Jersey on Saturday night.
All contents © copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights
reserved |
|
|
