From frenzy to frustrated: Blues fall flat in first Stanley Cup Final game here since 1970
The Bruins sure know how to spoil a party. With the city abuzz with Cup fever, and the crowd as jacked up as it’s been all season or maybe in years the eagerly-anticipated contest turned into a huge letdown.
No amount of celebrities or star athletes in attendance could change the momentum Saturday.
St. Louis actors Jon Hamm and Jenna Fischer were in the house. So was Olympic star Jackie Joyner-Kersee and former St. Louis Rams Isaac Bruce and Chris Long.
Even Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was in the stands, shown on the video board wearing a Blues jersey and chugging a beer.
But Boston had almost as many power-play goals as the Blues had celebrity sightings. The Bruins scored four times with the man advantage - on just four shots - and finished with seven Bruins scoring a goal apiece.
The Blues were missing one of their top penalty-kill players in the suspended Oskar Sundqvist. But 4-for-4?
“There were some deflections,” coach Craig Berube said. “Two of them. One went off of (Patrice) Bergeron with a deflection - we didn’t get his stick. One went off (Jay) Bouwmeester’s stick and in. We’ve got to be better. Penalty kill’s got to be better.”
The Bruins sure know how to spoil a party. With the city abuzz with Cup fever, and the crowd as jacked up as it’s been all season or maybe in years the eagerly-anticipated contest turned into a huge letdown.
No amount of celebrities or star athletes in attendance could change the momentum Saturday.
St. Louis actors Jon Hamm and Jenna Fischer were in the house. So was Olympic star Jackie Joyner-Kersee and former St. Louis Rams Isaac Bruce and Chris Long.
Even Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was in the stands, shown on the video board wearing a Blues jersey and chugging a beer.
But Boston had almost as many power-play goals as the Blues had celebrity sightings. The Bruins scored four times with the man advantage - on just four shots - and finished with seven Bruins scoring a goal apiece.
The Blues were missing one of their top penalty-kill players in the suspended Oskar Sundqvist. But 4-for-4?
“There were some deflections,” coach Craig Berube said. “Two of them. One went off of (Patrice) Bergeron with a deflection - we didn’t get his stick. One went off (Jay) Bouwmeester’s stick and in. We’ve got to be better. Penalty kill’s got to be better.”
