Bruins rally to beat Blues 5-2 with two goals each from Kastelic and Minten
ST LOUIS AP Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten scored two goals each and the Boston Bruins rallied to beat the St Louis Blues - on Tuesday night Pavel Zacha scored an empty-net goal while David Pastrnak had two assists in his first competition since Nov after missing five games with an undisclosed injury Sean Kuraly also had two assists for the Bruins who won their third straight challenge and their second against the Blues in the last five days Jeremy Swayman made saves Robert Thomas scored twice for the Blues and Joel Hofer made saves Kastelic connected with a bouncing puck in the Blues crease and put it into the back of the net to give the Bruins a - lead at of the third Minten added an unassisted goal three minutes later Thomas power-play goal gave the Blues the lead into the first period Boston peppered Hofer early in the second period as Morgan Geekie rang a shot off the cross bar and Kastelic hit the right post Boston flipped a - deficit with a pair of goals in a span of the second period Minten got the equalizer for Boston with left and Kastelic made it - Bruins by tipping Victor Soderstrom s slap shot past Hofer with left in the second Thomas tied it at of the third Pavel Buchnevich created the chance by intercepting Andrew Peeke s pass behind the Boston net and feeding Thomas who was alone in front Thomas has seven points three goals four assists in his last eight games Geekie s five-game scoring streak was snapped Up Next Bruins at Winnipeg on Thursday night Blues at Nashville on Thursday night