ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Boston Bruins scored three times in the third period to pull away for a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night at Enterprise Center. Robert Thomas gave the Blues a first-period lead, but the Bruins responded with two goals in the second. Fraser Minten and Mark Kastelic each scored twice for Boston, with Kastelic’s second goal restoring a two-goal lead after Thomas netted his second for St. Louis early in the third. Pavel Zacha added an empty-netter. Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves for the Bruins, who improved to 18-13. Joel Hofer stopped 26 shots for the Blues, who fell to 11-20. Boston swept the two-game season series, having also defeated St. Louis 5-2 on Dec. 4.

ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Mark Kastelic scored twice and the Boston Bruins erupted for five unanswered goals to erase an early deficit and defeat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday night at Enterprise Center. The Bruins, completing a two-game season sweep of the Blues after a 5-2 win in Boston last Thursday, scored twice in the second period and three times in the third to turn the game around. Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves for Boston, which improved to 18-13. St. Louis, which got two goals from Robert Thomas, lost for the fifth time in six games and fell to 11-20. A crowd of 18,096 saw the Blues strike first. On a power play after a tripping call against Boston’s Hampus Lindholm, Thomas fired a slap shot from the left circle past Swayman at 5:27 of the opening period. Pavel Buchnevich and Justin Faulk assisted. Boston controlled much of the play but could not solve Blues goaltender Joel Hofer through the first period and into the second. Hofer, who finished with 26 saves, turned aside several quality chances, including a point-blank deflection by Pavel Zacha and a wrap-around attempt by David Pastrnak. The Bruins finally broke through late in the second. Rookie Fraser Minten tied the game at 1 with a wrist shot from the slot at 4:48, assisted by Marat Khusnutdinov and Pastrnak. Just over four minutes later, Kastelic gave Boston the lead for good. Stationed in front of the net, he deflected a Victor Soderstrom point shot past Hofer at 8:34. Sean Kuraly had the secondary assist. Boston extended its lead early in the third period. After a St. Louis turnover in the neutral zone, Kastelic collected a pass from Nikita Zadorov, drove down the right wing and snapped a wrist shot under Hofer’s glove at 4:01. Kuraly earned his second assist of the night on the play, making it 3-1. Thomas pulled the Blues back within one at 12:51 of the third, taking a feed from Buchnevich and beating Swayman with a quick wrist shot for his second of the game. Any momentum for St. Louis was short-lived. Minten restored Boston’s two-goal cushion just 33 seconds later, unleashing a slap shot from the high slot that beat Hofer cleanly for an unassisted goal and a 4-2 Bruins lead. Boston sealed the victory with a power-play goal in the final minutes. After a St. Louis penalty for too many men on the ice, the Bruins worked the puck around the zone. Pastrnak found Elias Lindholm, who fed Zacha for a one-timer from the left circle at 14:19. Pastrnak’s assist was his 20th of the season. The Bruins’ depth was on full display. Beyond Kastelic’s two-goal performance and Minten’s pair, Zacha had a goal and six shots, Kuraly contributed two assists, and Pastrnak finished with two helpers. Zadorov added an assist and delivered four hits. Swayman was steady in net, particularly during a first period where the Blues generated several chances. For St. Louis, Thomas’s two goals provided the only offense. Hofer was under consistent pressure, facing 30 shots. The Blues have now lost both meetings with Boston this season by identical 5-2 scores. The game’s result defied pregame projections. National Statistical’s game simulator had predicted a 4-3 St. Louis victory, and its ELO system gave the Blues a 51.9% probability to win. St. Louis had been installed as a 1.5-goal favorite, and the total of seven goals went over the closing over/under line of 5.5. Boston continues its road trip Thursday night in Winnipeg. St. Louis travels to Nashville on Thursday before returning home to face Chicago on Friday.

Bruins, Blues Set for Rematch in St. Louis ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Boston Bruins will look to continue their recent dominance over the struggling St. Louis Blues when the teams meet in a Central Division-Atlantic Division clash Tuesday night at Enterprise Center. The matchup is a quick rematch of Boston’s 5-2 victory at home last Thursday. The Bruins (17-13-0) enter on a stronger trajectory, having won four of their last six, including a 4-1 victory over New Jersey on Saturday. The Blues (10-19-0) snapped a two-game skid with a 2-1 road win in Ottawa that same night but have lost eight of their last 11. A key storyline will be the performance of Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman, who is expected to start. Swayman was stellar in the previous meeting, making 29 saves in the win, and comes off a 29-save performance against the Devils. Over his last 10 appearances, he has posted a .934 save percentage, providing stability for Boston. For the Blues, forward Pavel Buchnevich remains a focal point of the offense. He scored a goal in the loss to Boston last week and recorded an assist in Saturday’s win. His production is critical for a team that has mustered two or fewer goals in seven of its last 10 games. The Bruins’ offense, which erupted for five goals against St. Louis, has seen contributions from throughout the lineup. Center Morgan Geekie, who scored against New Jersey, and Elias Lindholm will be looked to again to provide secondary scoring behind Boston’s top line. St. Louis will need a sharper defensive effort and more sustained pressure after being outplayed for long stretches in Boston. Jake Neighbours, who scored both goals in the win over Ottawa, is emerging as a bright spot. The game opens a two-game road trip for Boston before returning home. St. Louis continues a brief homestand before heading back on the road later in the week. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. CST.