BOSTON – St. Louis Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson bumped into coach Craig Berube in the bathroom before the start of overtime and told him, “I just need one more.”
Said Berube: “He hit the post in the third (period) there, and he just felt good about himself, obviously. Which he should have. I liked hearing it.”
After clanging the potential winner off the post in the final two minutes of regulation, Gunnarsson scored on a delayed penalty 3:51 into overtime to give St. Louis a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins and tie the Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece.
Jordan Binnington made 21 saves, and Robert Bortuzzo and Vladimir Tarasenko scored in regulation to send a game in the championship series to overtime for the first time since 2016.
It was the Blues’ first victory in the Stanley Cup Final in franchise history after 13 straight losses.