Lucic, Bruins Top Blues To Win Third Straight
POSTED: 10:57 pm EST November 23, 2009
St. Louis, MO -- (Sports Network) - Milan Lucic's score late in the second period proved to be the winner, as Boston doubled up St. Louis, 4-2, at Scottrade Center.Mark Recchi, Blake Wheeler and Marco Sturm also tallied for the Bruins, who have won three in a row. Patrice Bergeron assisted on all four goals, while Tuukka Rask got the win with 29 stops. Keith Tkachuk and Carlo Colaiacovo netted a goal each for the Blues, whose two-game win streak was halted. Chris Mason took the loss after yielding all four goals on just 23 shots. Lucic put the Bruins back on top, 3-2, when he got a piece of Zdeno Chara's point drive at 12:10 of the second period. Sturm's shorthanded tally with 8:46 left in regulation gave the visitors a 4-2 cushion, and Rask made the lead hold up with 12 saves in the final 20 minutes. Recchi notched a power-play goal at the nine-minute mark of the first to put the Bruins ahead, then Tkachuk equalized for the Blues 1:31 later on a tip-in. Rask kept the B's in the contest by stopping all the remaining 15 shots in the opening period. Wheeler deposited his sixth goal of the season past Mason 3:02 into the second period, and, despite several quality chances, the home team didn't capitalize until the 7:37 mark when Brad Boyes fed Colaiacovo for a chip shot over Rask. Game Notes Bergeron's career-high for assists in a game is five, set on December 19, 2006 at Ottawa...Bruins forward Marc Savard made his return after missing 15 games with a broken left foot. He did not have a shot or a point in 16 1/2 minutes of ice time...The Blues came up empty on three power-play chances.
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