The St. Louis Blues are NHL champions for the first time in their 51-season history courtesy of a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday at TD Garden.
Jordan Binnington made 32 saves for the Blues, who earned the three-goal win despite the Bruins outshooting them 33-20.
Ryan O'Reilly and Alex Pietrangelo scored first-period goals to give St. Louis an early 2-0 lead. After a scoreless second, Brayden Schenn and Zach Sanford added insurance tallies in the third.
Matt Grzelcyk scored an empty-net goal for the Bruins with 2:10 remaining, spoiling Binnington's shutout chance after 32 consecutive saves.