The St. Louis Blues captured their first Stanley Cup in franchise history with a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins. Game 7 wasn’t exactly a thriller, in the traditional sense. For most of the third period, the result never felt in doubt; the Blues stepped on the Bruins and never let them up, going up 4-0 at one point before relinquishing a meaningless goal with a few minutes remaining.
That the game itself wasn’t a thriller doesn’t mean there weren’t thrilling moments.
Here was a near-miss for the Blues, for example, with the puck bouncing around and somehow not crossing the goal line:
Many of them came courtesy of Blues goalie Jordan Binnington, who refused to be beaten for most of the contest.
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The third goal, which felt like the end of the series when it went in:
And then, the Blues were champions.
A fun moment after, as Gary Bettman’s mic didn’t work, meaning we got a silent Bettman as Boston fans booed the hell out of him:
So there we have it. The Blues are Stanley Cup champions for the first time ever, Boston fans are disappointed, and those are two acceptable outcomes.