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Location(s) | St. Louis: Enterprise Center (3, 4, 6) Boston: TD Garden (1, 2, 5, 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | St. Louis: Craig Berube (interim) Boston: Bruce Cassidy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captains | St. Louis: Alex Pietrangelo Boston: Zdeno Chara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National anthems | St. Louis: Charles Glenn, vocalist & Jeremy Boyer, organist Boston: Todd Angilly, vocalist & Ron Poster, organist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referees | Gord Dwyer (2, 4, 6, 7) Steve Kozari (1, 3, 5) Chris Rooney (2, 4, 6, 7) Kelly Sutherland (1, 3, 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | May 27 – June 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Ryan O'Reilly (Blues) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Alex Pietrangelo (19:52, First, G7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Networks | Canada: (English): CBC/Sportsnet (French): TVA Sports United States: (English): NBC (1, 4–7), NBCSN (2–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | (CBC/SN) Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson (TVA) Felix Seguin and Patrick Lalime (NBC/NBCSN) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, and Pierre McGuire (NHL International) Steve Mears, Kevin Weekes, and E.J. Hradek (NBC Sports Radio & NHL Radio) Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti, Brian Boucher, and Steve Goldstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2018–19 season and the culmination of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Western Conference champion St. Louis Blues defeated the Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins four games to three in the best-of-seven series. It was the Blues' first championship, in their 51st season of play (not including the 2004–05 lockout), ending what was then the third-longest championship drought in league history. The Bruins had home-ice advantage in the series with the better regular season record. The series began on May 27 and concluded on June 12.[1] The Blues' Stanley Cup–winning run of 26 playoff games tied the 2014 Los Angeles Kings for the longest of any Stanley Cup–winning team in history.
This was a rematch of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, which Boston won in four games. This was the fourth consecutive Finals to both involve at least one team vying for its first championship and end with the champion clinching the Cup on the road. It was also the first time since 2011 where the Finals went the full seven games.
Entering the 2019 finals, the Blues were the oldest franchise not to win a Stanley Cup and the only active team from the 1967 NHL expansion without a Stanley Cup. The Blues' victory resulted in all five of the active 1967 teams obtaining a Stanley Cup title, while the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks became the oldest franchises not to win one.
Paths to the Finals
Boston Bruins
This was the Boston Bruins' 20th appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, six years after 2013, when they faced the Chicago Blackhawks and were defeated in six games. The Bruins last won the Stanley Cup in 2011 against the Vancouver Canucks in seven games, their sixth Cup in franchise history.[2]
Brad Marchand became the first Bruin since the 2005–06 season to score 100 points, finishing the regular season with 100 points in 79 games. David Pastrnak led the team in goals with 38. Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak split the goaltending duties during the regular season.[3] Halak had signed with the team during the off-season,[4] and approaching the trade deadline the Bruins acquired forwards Charlie Coyle and Marcus Johansson.[5]
Boston finished the regular season with 107 points, finishing in second place in the Atlantic Division and third overall in the league.[6] In the First Round of the playoffs, they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games for the second consecutive playoff meeting against the Maple Leafs and third since the 2012–13 season.[7] They then defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 in the Second Round.[8] In the Conference Finals, Boston swept the Carolina Hurricanes.[9]
St. Louis Blues
This was the St. Louis Blues' fourth appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals. Their last appearance in the Finals was in 1970 against the Bruins, which Boston won in a four-game sweep. All of St. Louis' prior appearances came during their first three seasons after the Blues and five other new teams formed the West Division in the 1967 NHL expansion. While the Blues were able to advance past their fellow expansion franchises, each Finals appearance ended with them being swept by Original Six teams that comprised the East Division, concluding with their 1970 defeat. In the years that followed, the other expansion teams from 1967 would win Stanley Cup titles (excluding the defunct California Golden Seals franchise), but the Blues went nearly half a century without reaching the Finals again and became the oldest franchise not to win the Stanley Cup.[10]
Ryan O'Reilly, who was acquired via trade in the off-season led the team in scoring with 77 points and assists with 49.[11] Vladimir Tarasenko led the team in goal-scoring with 33 goals.[12]
St. Louis struggled early in the regular season, beginning the year with a 7–9–3 record. Head coach Mike Yeo was fired and assistant coach Craig Berube was named interim coach.[13] Their record declined to an NHL-worst 15–18–4 with 34 points on January 2, 2019. However, the Blues went on a 30–10–5 run to finish the season with 99 points, third in the Central Division.[14] Amid their turnaround, rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington was given his first start and went on to obtain 23 wins.[15] In the playoffs, St. Louis defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4–2 in the First Round, eliminated the Dallas Stars in seven games, and won 4–2 against the San Jose Sharks in the Conference Finals.[16]
Game summaries
- Note: Number in parentheses represents the player's total goals or assists to that point of the entire four rounds of the playoffs
Game one
May 27 | St. Louis Blues | 2–4 | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap |
In game one, Brayden Schenn scored the first goal of the Finals for the Blues, firing a wrist shot past Tuukka Rask. In the second period, Bruins forward David Pastrnak mistakenly passed back to an open Schenn who gave the puck to Vladimir Tarasenko who doubled the lead for St. Louis. The Bruins quickly scored after, as a pass by Sean Kuraly deflected off of intended target Connor Clifton's skate and then goalie Jordan Binnington's stick and into the net. Charlie McAvoy then tied the game on the power play speeding through the Blues zone to put one past Binnington. In the third period, Boston gained the lead as a net-mouth scramble ended up on Sean Kuraly's stick who fired it past Binnington. The Bruins continued their shot output, placing ten more on Binnington before being pulled. Brad Marchand sealed the Bruins victory after a successful defensive zone face-off put the puck into the Blues' zone and the forward shot it into the empty net.[17]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | STL | Brayden Schenn (3) | Jaden Schwartz (5), Jay Bouwmeester (6) | 07:23 | 1–0 STL |
2nd | STL | Vladimir Tarasenko (9) | Brayden Schenn (6) | 01:00 | 2–0 STL |
BOS | Connor Clifton (2) | Sean Kuraly (4), Joakim Nordstrom (3) | 02:16 | 2–1 STL | |
BOS | Charlie McAvoy (2) – pp | Unassisted | 12:41 | 2–2 | |
3rd | BOS | Sean Kuraly (3) | Noel Acciari (2), Zdeno Chara (3) | 05:21 | 3–2 BOS |
BOS | Brad Marchand (8) – en | Unassisted | 18:11 | 4–2 BOS | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | BOS | Sean Kuraly | Tripping | 03:37 | 2:00 |
STL | David Perron | Tripping | 13:15 | 2:00 | |
STL | Robert Thomas | Hooking | 16:45 | 2:00 | |
2nd | STL | Joel Edmundson | High-sticking | 05:25 | 2:00 |
STL | Oskar Sundqvist | Cross-checking | 11:04 | 2:00 | |
3rd | BOS | David Krejci | Illegal check to head | 06:55 | 2:00 |
STL | Samuel Blais | Interference | 13:28 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
STL | 8 | 3 | 9 | 20 | |
BOS | 8 | 18 | 12 | 38 |
Game two
May 29 | St. Louis Blues | 3–2 | OT | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap |
In game two, Boston scored the first goal when Samuel Blais was given a penalty for goaltender interference and Charlie Coyle put the puck past St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington. The Blues struck back when Robert Bortuzzo's shot deflected off of Matt Grzelcyk and squeaked past Tuukka Rask on the short side. The Bruins scored 40 seconds later to take the lead again with Joakim Nordstrom moving around the St. Louis defenceman and backhanding his shot past Binnington. Vladimir Tarasenko then tied the game for the Blues when his shot rebounded off of Rask and backhanded his shot into the open net. In the second period, the Blues dominated in shots fourteen to six but neither team scored. However, Blues forward Tyler Bozak was high-sticked resulting in an injury to the forward; St. Louis was granted a 4-minute power-play. The teams were even in shots in the third period, but with no scoring, the game went into overtime. During the overtime period, Bruins defenceman Brandon Carlo tripped up Alexander Steen and on the delayed penalty, Carl Gunnarsson fired a slap shot past Rask giving St. Louis their first victory in the Finals in franchise history and tying the series 1–1.[18]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | BOS | Charlie Coyle (7) – pp | Jake DeBrusk (5), David Pastrnak (9) | 04:44 | 1–0 BOS |
STL | Robert Bortuzzo (2) | Tyler Bozak (6), Carl Gunnarsson (1) | 09:37 | 1–1 | |
BOS | Joakim Nordstrom (3) | Sean Kuraly (5) | 10:17 | 2–1 BOS | |
STL | Vladimir Tarasenko (10) | Jaden Schwartz (6) | 14:55 | 2–2 | |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | None | ||||
OT | STL | Carl Gunnarsson (1) | Ryan O'Reilly (12), Oskar Sundqvist (5) | 03:51 | 3–2 STL |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | STL | Samuel Blais | Goaltender interference | 03:55 | 2:00 |
STL | Oskar Sundqvist | Boarding | 17:57 | 2:00 | |
2nd | BOS | Connor Clifton | Interference | 03:34 | 2:00 |
STL | Joel Edmundson | Tripping | 12:19 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Connor Clifton | High-sticking | 15:39 | 4:00 | |
STL | Jaden Schwartz | Goaltender interference | 17:56 | 2:00 | |
3rd | STL | Brayden Schenn | Slashing | 13:22 | 2:00 |
OT | None[note 1] |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
STL | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 37 |
BOS | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
Game three
June 1 | Boston Bruins | 7–2 | St. Louis Blues | Enterprise Center | Recap |
In game three, Boston took over the first period with three unanswered goals. The first came from Patrice Bergeron on the power-play. The next came from Charlie Coyle whose wrist shot got past Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington. The last goal came from Sean Kuraly with less than ten seconds in the period; the goal was unsuccessfully challenged on an offside review. With power-play given to the Bruins from the failed offside challenge, David Pastrnak capitalized in the second period, backhanding his shot past Binnington. The Blues were able to get on the board as Zach Sanford passed to an open Ivan Barbashev for his third goal of the playoffs. However, the Bruins quickly had their four-goal restored when Colton Parayko was sent to the penalty box for high-sticking and Torey Krug cashed in for Boston's third power-play goal of the game. Binnington was pulled from the game following this goal and replaced with Jake Allen. In the third period, a roughing penalty by Bruins captain Zdeno Chara proved costly as Parayko scored on the given power-play, his slap shot deflecting off of Brandon Carlo. Although the Blues out shot the Bruins eleven to four, beyond the one goal, St. Louis could not get another past Tuukka Rask. Bruins forward Noel Acciari scored an empty-net goal to add insurance. Boston added another power-play goal with Marcus Johansson's slap shot cleanly beating Allen finalizing the score at 7–2. The Bruins scored on every power-play that they had in the game, scoring on each of their four power-play shots.[19]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | BOS | Patrice Bergeron (9) – pp | Torey Krug (12), Jake DeBrusk (6) | 10:47 | 1–0 BOS |
BOS | Charlie Coyle (8) | Marcus Johansson (7), Danton Heinen (6) | 17:40 | 2–0 BOS | |
BOS | Sean Kuraly (4) | Joakim Nordstrom (4) | 19:50 | 3–0 BOS | |
2nd | BOS | David Pastrnak (8) – pp | Torey Krug (13), Patrice Bergeron (8) | 00:41 | 4–0 BOS |
STL | Ivan Barbashev (3) | Zach Sanford (1), Alexander Steen (3) | 11:05 | 4–1 BOS | |
BOS | Torey Krug (2) – pp | Brad Marchand (12), Patrice Bergeron (7) | 12:12 | 5–1 BOS | |
3rd | STL | Colton Parayko (2) – pp | Ryan O'Reilly (13), Tyler Bozak (7) | 05:24 | 5–2 BOS |
BOS | Noel Acciari (2) – en | Joakim Nordstrom (5), Charlie Coyle (7) | 18:12 | 6–2 BOS | |
BOS | Marcus Johansson (2) – pp | Torey Krug (14), Connor Clifton (3) | 18:35 | 7–2 BOS | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | BOS | Jake DeBrusk | Kneeing | 01:02 | 2:00 |
STL | David Perron | Interference | 10:26 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Connor Clifton | Roughing | 14:22 | 2:00 | |
STL | Ivan Barbashev | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 14:22 | 2:00 | |
STL | Bench (served by David Perron) | Delay of game (failed offside coach's challenge) | 19:50 | 2:00 | |
2nd | BOS | Charlie McAvoy | Slashing | 07:37 | 2:00 |
STL | Patrick Maroon | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 07:37 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Zdeno Chara | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 07:37 | 2:00 | |
STL | Colton Parayko | High-sticking | 11:41 | 2:00 | |
3rd | STL | David Perron | Roughing | 00:54 | 2:00 |
BOS | Connor Clifton | Cross checking | 00:54 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Brandon Carlo | Interference | 01:31 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Zdeno Chara | Roughing | 05:18 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Jake DeBrusk | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 06:04 | 2:00 | |
STL | Alex Pietrangelo | Slashing | 18:12 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
BOS | 12 | 8 | 4 | 24 | |
STL | 8 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
Game four
June 3 | Boston Bruins | 2–4 | St. Louis Blues | Enterprise Center | Recap |
In game four, Ryan O'Reilly scored first for the Blues, scoring a wrap-around goal 43 seconds into the game. The Bruins counter-attacked when Zdeno Chara shot at Jordan Binnington and the rebound went to Charlie Coyle who slid it past the Blues goaltender. The Blues regained the lead when Alex Pietrangelo's shot rebounded to Vladimir Tarasenko firing a wrist shot past Tuukka Rask. In the second period, with Boston forward Connor Clifton resigned to the penalty box for an illegal check to the head, the Bruins, shorthanded, tied the game as Brandon Carlo picked up a rebound to shoot it past Binnington. Midway through the third period, however, the Blues regained the lead with a rebound going to O'Reilly. The Blues staved off the Bruins, limiting Boston's shots to five. Brayden Schenn sealed the game's final score at 4–2 with an empty-net goal tying the series at 2–2.[20]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | STL | Ryan O'Reilly (4) | Zach Sanford (2), Vince Dunn (6) | 00:43 | 1–0 STL |
BOS | Charlie Coyle (9) | Zdeno Chara (4) | 13:14 | 1–1 | |
STL | Vladimir Tarasenko (11) | Alex Pietrangelo (12), Brayden Schenn (7) | 15:30 | 2–1 STL | |
2nd | BOS | Brandon Carlo (1) – sh | Patrice Bergeron (8), Brad Marchand (13) | 14:19 | 2–2 |
3rd | STL | Ryan O'Reilly (5) | Alex Pietrangelo (13), Carl Gunnarsson (2) | 10:38 | 3–2 STL |
STL | Brayden Schenn (4) – en | Unassisted | 18:31 | 4–2 STL | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | None | ||||
2nd | BOS | Charlie Coyle | High-sticking | 05:47 | 2:00 |
STL | Colton Parayko | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 08:31 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Connor Clifton | Illegal check to head | 13:53 | 2:00 | |
3rd | BOS | Danton Heinen | Tripping | 02:08 | 2:00 |
STL | Jay Bouwmeester | High-sticking | 06:42 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Torey Krug | Slashing | 19:34 | 2:00 | |
STL | Jay Bouwmeester | Elbowing | 19:34 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
BOS | 9 | 10 | 4 | 23 | |
STL | 13 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
Game five
June 6 | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap |
In game five, the Bruins piled on seventeen shots in the first period, but Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington held down the fort. The Blues got the first goal of the game in the second period as Ryan O'Reilly backhanded a shot past Tuukka Rask. The Bruins continued the pressure into the third period. In the third period, controversy occurred when Blues forward Tyler Bozak tripped Noel Acciari, but no penalty was called on the play. With play continuing while Acciari was down on the ice, David Perron scored with the puck deflecting off Rask into the net. The Bruins got on the board with less than seven minutes remaining when Oskar Sundqvist high-sticked Torey Krug, causing a delayed penalty, and the Boston defenceman passed to an open Jake DeBrusk who fired it past Binnington. The Blues played defensively for the final minutes to win the game 2–1 and lead the series 3–2.[21]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | None | ||||
2nd | STL | Ryan O'Reilly (6) | Zach Sanford (3), Alex Pietrangelo (14) | 00:55 | 1–0 STL |
3rd | STL | David Perron (7) | Ryan O'Reilly (14) | 10:36 | 2–0 STL |
BOS | Jake DeBrusk (4) | Torey Krug (15) | 13:32 | 2–1 STL | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | STL | Vince Dunn | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 06:27 | 2:00 |
BOS | Brad Marchand | Slashing | 17:22 | 2:00 | |
2nd | STL | David Perron | Interference | 09:25 | 2:00 |
3rd | STL | Alexander Steen | Interference | 03:09 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
STL | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |
BOS | 17 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
Game six
June 9 | Boston Bruins | 5–1 | St. Louis Blues | Enterprise Center | Recap |
In game six, after both Brayden Schenn and Ryan O'Reilly were sent to the penalty box for boarding and delay of game respectively, Boston forward Brad Marchand scored on the resulting 5-on-3 power play. In the second period, both teams were relatively even in shots, Boston with eight and St. Louis with ten, but neither team scored. In the third period, Bruins defenceman Brandon Carlo shot a bouncing puck towards Jordan Binnington which snuck under the Blues goaltender's blocker for the second goal of the game. Karson Kuhlman gave Boston a three-goal lead with his first goal of the playoffs. St. Louis got on the board when O'Reilly's shot appeared to cross the goal line after a video replay. The Bruins regained their three-goal lead when the Blues in a defensive scramble left David Pastnak alone in front of the net and he fired the puck past Binnington. The Blues pulled Binnington in an attempt to tie the game, but Zdeno Chara sealed the victory for the Bruins finalizing the score at 5–1 and sending the series to a seventh game.[22]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | BOS | Brad Marchand (9) – pp | David Pastrnak (10), Torey Krug (16) | 08:40 | 1–0 BOS |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | BOS | Brandon Carlo (2) | Jake DeBrusk (7) | 02:31 | 2–0 BOS |
BOS | Karson Kuhlman (1) | David Krejci (11) | 10:15 | 3–0 BOS | |
STL | Ryan O'Reilly (7) | Alex Pietrangelo (15), David Perron (8) | 12:01 | 3–1 BOS | |
BOS | David Pastrnak (9) | Brad Marchand (14), Sean Kuraly (6) | 14:06 | 4–1 BOS | |
BOS | Zdeno Chara (2) – en | Unassisted | 17:41 | 5–1 BOS | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | BOS | Sean Kuraly | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 02:42 | 2:00 |
STL | Brayden Schenn | Boarding | 07:17 | 2:00 | |
STL | Ryan O'Reilly | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 08:19 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Zdeno Chara | Interference | 18:21 | 2:00 | |
2nd | BOS | Brad Marchand | Tripping | 09:11 | 2:00 |
BOS | Charlie McAvoy | Tripping | 13:43 | 2:00 | |
3rd | STL | Samuel Blais | Slashing | 19:38 | 2:00 |
STL | Samuel Blais | Roughing | 19:38 | 2:00 | |
BOS | Connor Clifton | Roughing | 19:38 | 2:00 | |
STL | Robert Bortuzzo | Cross-checking | 19:43 | 2:00 | |
STL | Robert Bortuzzo | Misconduct | 19:43 | 10:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
BOS | 12 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |
STL | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
Game seven
June 12 | St. Louis Blues | 4–1 | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap |
External videos | |
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Game 7 Full replay (NHL International's feed) on the NHL's official YouTube channel |
In game seven, Jay Bouwmeester's shot got through a screen of players and Ryan O'Reilly tipped the puck past Tuukka Rask for the opening goal. The Blues increased their lead with eight seconds remaining in the first period when Jaden Schwartz passed to an open Alex Pietrangelo who backhanded his shot for his third goal of the playoffs. Boston continued to pressure St. Louis in the second period with eleven shots, but Jordan Binnington kept the score at 2–0. In the third period, Vladimir Tarasenko followed the puck into the Bruins' zone and passed to an open Brayden Schenn who fired the puck past Rask. Zach Sanford made the score 4–0 as the Blues continued to work in the offensive zone, with David Perron working around the Bruins defenceman to pass to the open rookie forward. The Bruins then swapped Rask for an extra attacker and thwarted Binnington's shutout attempt with a goal from Matt Grzelcyk.[23] With the 4–1 victory, the Blues became the last remaining expansion franchise from 1967 to win the Stanley Cup.[24] O'Reilly was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs.[23]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | STL | Ryan O'Reilly (8) | Jay Bouwmeester (7), Alex Pietrangelo (16) | 16:47 | 1–0 STL |
STL | Alex Pietrangelo (3) | Jaden Schwartz (7) | 19:52 | 2–0 STL | |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | STL | Brayden Schenn (5) | Vladimir Tarasenko (6), Jaden Schwartz (8) | 11:25 | 3–0 STL |
STL | Zach Sanford (1) | David Perron (6), Ryan O'Reilly (15) | 15:22 | 4–0 STL | |
BOS | Matt Grzelcyk (4) | David Krejci (12) | 17:50 | 4–1 STL | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | STL | Colton Parayko | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 07:57 | 2:00 |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | None |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
STL | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |
BOS | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
Team rosters
Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
Stanley Cup engraving
The Stanley Cup was presented to Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman following the Blues 4–1 win over the Bruins in game seven.
The following Blues players and staff qualified to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup:
2018–19 St. Louis Blues
Players
- 10 Brayden Schenn
- 15 Robby Fabbri^
- 18 Robert Thomas^
- 21 Tyler Bozak
- 49 Ivan Barbashev^
- 70 Oskar Sundqvist
- 90 Ryan O'Reilly
- 7 Patrick Maroon
- 9 Samuel Blais
- 12 Zach Sanford
- 17 Jaden Schwartz
- 20 Alexander Steen (A)
- 57 David Perron
- 91 Vladimir Tarasenko (A)
- 4 Carl Gunnarsson
- 6 Joel Edmundson
- 19 Jay Bouwmeester
- 27 Alex Pietrangelo (C)
- 29 Vince Dunn
- 41 Robert Bortuzzo
- 42 Michael Del Zotto
- 55 Colton Parayko
Coaching and administrative staff
- Tom Stillman (Chairman/Governor/Majority Owner), Chris Zimmerman (President/CEO of Business Operations/Alt. Governor), Doug Armstrong (President of Hockey Operations and General Manager/Alt. Governor)
- Dave Taylor (Vice President of Hockey Ops.), Al MacInnis (Senior Advisor to the General Manager), Bill Armstrong (Asst. General Manager/Director of Amateur Scouting), Craig Berube (Head Coach),
- Steve Ott (Asst. Coach), Mike Van Ryn (Asst. Coach), David Alexander (Goaltending Coach), Sean Ferrell (Video Coach)
- Larry Robinson (Senior Consultant of Hockey Ops./Asst. Coach), Rob DiMaio (Director of Player Personnel), Kevin McDonald (GM, San Antonio Rampage and Pro Scout), Tim Taylor (Director of Player Development)
- Ryan Miller (Director of Hockey Operations), Dan Ginnell (Amateur Scout), Tony Feltrin (Amateur Scout), Jan Vopat (Head of European Scouting)
- Ray Barile (Athletic Trainer), Dustin Flynn (Asst. Athletic Trainer), Joel Farnsworth (Equipment Manager)
- Rich Matthews (Asst. Equipment Manager), Andrew Dvorak (Equipment Assistant), Eric Renaghan (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
- Steve Squier (Massage Therapist), Rich Jankowski (Sr. Director of Team Services), Mike Caruso (Vice President, Media & Brand Communications)
Players included
- #4 Carl Gunnarsson(D) - played 25 regular-season games & 19 playoff games(7 games finals), qualifying. He missed 57 regular-season games, and 2 playoff games injured.
- #15 Robby Fabbri(C/W) - played 32 regular-season games & 10 playoff games(2 games finals), qualifying. He missed 22 regular-season games injured
Player notes
These players were on the extended roster during the playoffs, having played regular-season games for St. Louis.
- Mackenzie MacEachern – 29 regular-season games
- Jordan Schmaltz – 20 regular-season games
- Jordan Kyrou – 16 regular-season games
- Jordan Nolan – 14 regular-season games
- Chris Butler – 13 regular-season games
- Michael Del Zotto – 7 regular-season games for St. Louis (along with 23 for Vancouver and 12 for Anaheim)
- Chris Thorburn – 1 regular-season game
None of these players played in the playoffs for St. Louis. However, Del Zotto qualified to be engraved on the Cup as he played at least 41 regular-season games (42 with 3 teams). All other names were left off the Cup.
Television and radio
In Canada, the series was broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the U.S., the Finals were split between NBC (Games 1, and 4 through 7) and NBCSN (Games 2 and 3).[25]
In the United States, the seven-game series averaged 5.3 million viewers, the highest average since the six-game 2015 Stanley Cup Finals. St. Louis had an average 28.7 rating, and Boston had an average 25.5.[26] Game 7 had an average 8.7 million viewers, being the most watched NHL game in nearly 50 years.[27][28]
Notes
- ↑ The game winning goal was scored on a delayed penalty.
References
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- ↑ "Bruins history in the Stanley Cup Final". Boston.com. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ "2018-19 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics". hockey-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Bruins sign goaltender Jaroslav Halak to two-year contract". Sportsnet.ca. Rogers Media. July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Porter, Matt (May 10, 2019). "Deadline pickups Charlie Coyle and Marcus Johansson are the real deal". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Pierce, Charles P. (April 24, 2019). "Supporting Cast Powers Bruins Past Maple Leafs and Into East Semis". SI.com. TI Gotham, Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Hedger, Brian (May 7, 2019). "Boston delivers knockout blow". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Willett, Robert; Hyman, Ethan; Long, Travis (May 16, 2019). "Hurricanes fall to Bruins in game 4". The News & Observer. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Bell, Josh (April 1, 2019). "Longest Stanley Cup Droughts". TheHockeyWriters.com. The Hockey Writers. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Calvin (July 1, 2018). "BREAKING: Ryan O'Reilly traded in blockbuster deal". diebytheblade.com. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ "2018-19 St. Louis Blues Roster and Statistics". hockey-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Evans, Jake (November 20, 2018). "St. Louis Blues fire head coach Mike Yeo after disappointing start". usatoday.com. USA Today. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Panula, Todd (March 27, 2019). "St. Louis Blues Miraculous Turnaround Still Depends On Playoffs". BleedinBlue.com. FanSided Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Pinkert, Chris (April 4, 2019). "Binnington sets franchise record for rookie goalie wins". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Wagoner, Nick (June 8, 2019). "How the Blues' Stanley Cup run has revitalized St. Louis". ESPN.com. ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Bruins rally past Blues, win Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ↑ Rosen, Dan (May 29, 2019). "Gunnarsson's goal lifts Blues to Game 2 win in Cup Finals against Bruins". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ↑ Rosen, Dan (June 1, 2019). "Bruins blitz Blues in Game 3, take lead in Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ↑ Rosen, Dan (June 3, 2019). "Blues defeat Bruins in Game 4, even Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Rosen, Dan (June 6, 2019). "Blues hold on for Game 5 win against Bruins, lead Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Rosen, Dan (June 9, 2019). "Bruins deny Blues in Game 6 to extend Stanley Cup Final". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- 1 2 Rosen, Dan (June 12, 2019). "Blues win Stanley Cup for first time, defeat Bruins in Game 7 of Final". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Regan, J.J. (June 13, 2019). "Caps fans should be happy the Blues won the Stanley Cup". NBC Sports Washington. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
Of the five other expansion teams in their division, the Blues are the only team still in existence that had not won a Cup. The only other team that did not was the Oakland Seals.
- ↑ "NBC Sports Group to Present Every Stanley Cup Playoff Game For Eighth Consecutive Season" (Press release). NBC Sports. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ↑ Blues-Bruins Stanley Cup Final most-watched in four years - Paulsen, Sports Media Watch, 13 June 2019
- ↑ Crupi, Anthony (June 14, 2019). "Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is an All-Timer for NBC". AdAge.
Anyone looking to find the NHL games that posted bigger numbers than Wednesday night's broadcast has to go back nearly 50 years
- ↑ Paulsen (June 13, 2019). "Stanley Cup Final Game 7 sets ratings, viewership marks". Sports Media Watch.
Further reading
- Shaughnessy, Dan (May 24, 2019). "Bobby Orr reflects on two Bruins-Blues series, 49 years apart". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 25, 2019.