Former Bruin Brad Boyes scored his 21st goal and Manny Legace made 24 saves to backstop St. Louis to a 4-1 road win over Boston on Saturday afternoon.
Lee Stempniak, Jamal Mayers and Keith Tkachuk also scored for the Blues, who won for just the second time in six games. It was the teams' only meeting this season.
St. Louis goalie Manny Legace stops a shot during the third period of the Blues' 4-1 win Saturday afternoon in Boston.
(Lisa Poole/ Associated Press)
Zdeno Chara had a power-play goal for the Bruins, who started the week hoping to close the gap on Ottawa for the Eastern Conference's top spot, but lost their third straight game and finished their homestand 1-4.
Boston goalie Tim Thomas, starting his second straight game after missing six with a strained groin, had 25 saves.
Boyes, making his first appearance in Boston since the Bruins traded him to the Blues last season for defenceman Dennis Wideman, scored his 12th goal in 17 games. On Thursday, Boyes posted his 20th in the team's 31st game — the earliest since Brett Hull did it in 29 during the 1994-95 season.
The Blues made it 1-0 when Stempniak tipped Tkachuk's shot past Thomas 11:56 into the game. Tkachuk fired a wrist shot from the right circle and the puck slipped inside the far post.
In a second period that had a pair of crowd-pleasing fights, St. Louis made it 2-0 at 17:40 when Boyes collected Jay McClement's pass and snapped off a quick wrister.
Chara collected a rebound off Wideman's shot from the point, cutting it to 2-1 early in the third period. Mayers put it away with his goal with 2:58 to play while the teams were skating four aside. Tkachuk's was an empty-netter.
The Blues nearly made it 3-0 late in the second when Andy McDonald's shot had Thomas beat, but hit the right post.
During a somewhat listless opening period, a chant of "Wake up Bruins" could be heard coming from behind Thomas.
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