This Date in Bruins History: Blues beat B's in OT of Stanley Cup Final

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Only one game in the history of the Boston Bruins has been played on May 29, and it's one that fans of the Black and Gold would like to forget.

It was Game 2 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden, where the B's hosted the St. Louis Blues leading the series 1-0.

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The Bruins started off strong by opening the scoring with a goal from Charlie Coyle at 4:44 of the first period. The Blues responded about five minutes later with a goal from Robert Bortuzzo that came off a fortunate deflection. Boston wasn't fazed, though, and went back ahead when trade deadline pickup Joakim Nordstrom scored to give the B's a 2-1 lead in the first period. The Blues came right back and again evened the score when Vladimir Tarasenko converted on his own rebound opportunity with 5:05 left in the first period. 

These two teams played the remainder of regulation with great intensity and physicality, but the Blues went over the line toward the end of the first period when forward Oskar Sundqvist hit Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk into the boards from behind. Sundqvist was suspended for Game 3 as a result of the hit. 

Grzelcyk left the game and didn't return, which forced the Bruins to play the rest of the game with only five defensemen. It was a tough setback for the Bruins to overcome, and they were pretty tired in the overtime period as St. Louis dominated the extra frame and eventually scored the game-winner on a point shot from Carl Gunnarsson.

The victory for the Blues was the first of three for them in Boston during the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, including the championship-clinching Game 7 victory. 

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