For the first time in their 52-year franchise history, the St. Louis Blues are Stanley Cup champions.
The Blues were not done in the first as defenseman Alex Pietrangelo put St. Louis up by a 2-0 score when he joined an offensive rush and backhanded a shot past Rask with just 7.9-seconds remaining in the period. It was the third goal of the playoffs for the Blues captain, and gave him his second point of the period.
Boston continued to press in the second period, but the Blues held their ground as rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington turned aside 11 more shots on goal. St. Louis played well in front of their netminder, putting up six more shots on goal and allowing him to see the puck getting to the net.
With a little more than 11 minutes to play in regulation, the Blues got some help from Binnington in goal as he made a great toe save on Bruins forward Joakim Nordstrom in front of the net. After a shot from forward Noel Acciari was knocked down by Binnington, Nordstrom picked up the rebound and tried to tuck the puck around the right leg of the Blues' netminder. However, Binnington was able to just barely extend his leg out enough to kick the puck out of harm's way.
That save was what swung the pendulum in the Blues' favor as just 2:16 later, Brayden Schenn gave the Blues a 3-1 lead off a nice feed from Vladimir Tarasenko in the corner. Schenn got off a one-time shot that remained low to the ice, but got past the left leg of Rask and into the back of the net.
The final dagger came with 4:38 remaining in the game when Zach Sanford scored his first goal of the playoffs off a nice feed from David Perron. Perron was able to stick handle his way through the Bruins defense in the corner, then fired a pass across the ice to Sanford for the goal.
Matt Grzelcyk was able to score Boston's lone goal at the 17:50 mark of the third, but the damage was done and the deficit was insurmountable.
It was a rough start to the regular season for the Blues as they got out to a 7-9-3 in the opening 19 games. That slow start resulted in the firing of head coach Mike Yeo, who was replaced by interim head coach Craig Berube. At the end of the 2018 calendar year, St. Louis found itself with a 15-18-4 record with 34 points, which was tied for dead last in the NHL standings.
From there, the Blues dramatically turned their season around and closed out the regular season with a 30-10-5 record. That helped the Blues to a 99-point finish and the third spot in the Central Division.
St. Louis made the Stanley Cup Final in each of the first three seasons of the franchise's existence, but were swept in four games in all three of those playoff rounds. Prior to this year's appearance, the last time the Blues played for a Stanley Cup title was back in 1970 when they lost to the Bruins in four games.