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GAME 5 OFFICIALS
Referees Steve Kozari (40), Kelly Sutherland (11)
Gord Dwyer (19)*
Linesmen Pierre Racicot (65), Greg Devorski (54)
Scott Cherrey (50)*
Win for Z
Win for Gryz
Win for Wags
Win for Killer
Leadership
Game 5
Stanley Cup Finals
Series Tied 2-2
Boston Bruins (14-7) vs. St. Louis Blues (14-9)
8 pm ET
National TV (US and Canada): NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS
Boston Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub FM
St Louis Radio: NHL App
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Boston Bruins Twitter
St. Louis Blues Twitter
*All from Official Boston Bruins Website
Need to Know: Stanley Cup Final
Grzelcyk Returns to Practice in Non-Contact Jersey
If Defense Corps Shorthanded, B's Will Have to Adapt
Chara Injured as Bruins Drop Game 4 of Cup Final
Tuukka Rask
21 GP | 14-7 | .938 SV% | 1.96 GAA | 2 SO
Jordan Binnington
23 GP | 14-9 | .909 SV% | 2.52 GAA | 1 SO | 1 A | 1 Pt | 4 PIM
Kural-leaps for luck
Hold Me
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Boston Bruins: Media Notes
INJURIES – Playoff man-games lost: 53
Zdeno Chara – Facial injury
Matt Grzelcyk - Protocol
Kevan Miller – Lower body
Chris Wagner – Upper body
2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL SERIES vs ST. LOUIS
The Bruins and Blues play game 5 of their Stanley Cup Final series tonight in Boston with the series even at 2-2 ... Game 6 will be in St. Louis on 6/9 &, if necessary, game 7 in Boston on 6/12 … All start times are 8 pm.
The Bruins are playing in their 20th Stanley Cup Final with a 6-13 record entering this series … This is their 17th best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final & they are 5-11 in those series.
The Bruins enter tonight’s game with an 18-16 all-time record in game 5s of best-of-7 series in which they are tied at 2-2 (0-4 in Stanley Cup Final series) … They are 18-16 all-time in best-of-seven series in which they are tied at 2-2 (1-3 in Stanley Cup Final series).
The Bruins enter tonight’s game with a 5-1 record in this post-season in games following a loss.
BOSTON vs ST. LOUIS, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins & Blues are playing their 3rd series in their playoff histories with the Bruins having a 2-0 series record … They have played 12 games with Boston holding a 10-2 advantage and 63-26 scoring edge … Boston earned series sweeps in both the 1970 Stanley Cup Final & the 1972 Semi-Final prior to this series.
Fun Facts: Torey Krug set a club mark for points in a Stanley Cup Final game with 1-3=4 in gm 3 of this series … That also tied for 2nd among NHL defensemen in history in a Final game & he became just the 2nd defenseman in NHL history to record 4 PP pts … Patrice Bergeron became the 6th Bruin in history to score 100 playoff points with a 1-2=3 night in gm 3 of this series … He has passed Phil Esposito into 2nd on the club’s all-time playoff points list (103) … Brandon Carlo scored his 1st playoff goal with a SHG in game 4 of this series.
St. Louis Blues: Media Notes
CURRENT INJURIES
None
BLUES VS. BRUINS -The Blues and Bruins meet in the Stanley Cup Final after each won their respective Conferences
The Blues return to the Stanley Cup Final for the 4th time in franchise history (1968-70) -The Blues have been swept 4-0 in all 3 of their previous Stanley Cup Final appearances
This is the 3rd head-to-head postseason matchup between the Blues and the Bruins
The Bruins have won both previous series matchups, with the last coming in the 1972 Semifinals (4-0 Boston) The Blues and Bruins also met in the 1970 Stanley Cup Final (4-0 Boston) -The Blues became the 1st team in the expansion era (1967-68) to have been in last place overall at any point after its 20th game of the season and make it to the Stanley Cup Final
The Blues have scored 27 3rd period goals this postseason, which ranks 2nd in the NHL (1. BOS, 28)
The Blues’ 14 wins this postseason is a franchise record
9 of the Blues’ 14 victories this postseason have come by 1 goal, which is the most 1-goal victories in a single postseason in franchise history
The Blues are the only team in any of the four major North American sports leagues (NHL, NBA, MLB, NFL) to occupy last place overall in the league standings after one-quarter or more of the season’s games and still qualify for the league’s championship
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