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BOSTON — Tuukka Rask always tries to focus on the next win https://www.shopstlouisblues.com/358-ryan_oreilly_jersey. This time, he made an exception.The 31-year-old goaltender tied a Boston record with his 252nd career victory as the Bruins beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday night.Rask made 28 saves and matched the franchise mark set by Cecil Tiny Thompson, who was 252-153 with 63 ties. Rask, the 2014 Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL top goalie, is 252-145-56 in 474 games over 12 seasons with Boston.Thompson won his 252nd game in his 11th and final season with the Bruins in 1938-39. He died at age 77 in 1981, six years before Rask was born.It an Original Six franchise. I ve had the luxury to be here for many, many years, so it obviously means a lot, Rask said. Many more to come, hopefully.Chris Wagner scored 527 into the third period to give the Bruins a 3-2 lead Vladimir Sobotka Jersey. Brad Marchand and Sean Kuraly added some insurance after earlier Boston goals from Torey Krug and David Backes.We got the go-ahead goal and after that we were flying and didn t give them a whole lot, said Rask, whose team had lost three of four after a season-high five-game winning streak.Ryan O Reilly and Carl Gunnarsson had the goals for St. Louis. Jake Allen made 22 saves.Blues left wing David Perron extended his NHL-leading and career-best point streak to 13 games with a secondary assist on O Reilly goal.St. Louis had won four of six and earned at least one point in each of its previous five road games. The Blues finished a 2-1-1 trip after starting it with back-to-back wins over Dallas and Washington.It a disappointing loss, O Reilly said. We could have turned this into a great road trip and we didn t.Wagner tiebreaking goal came after Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson pass from the opposite blue line put him a step in front of Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo. Wagner deked to put Allen off balance before tucking the puck under his glove.He kind of just chipped it to me, I tried to knock it around Pietrangelo and fortunately got by him and made a nice move and just tucked it in, Wagner said.Marchand ripped in a rebound after Charlie McAvoy wraparound attempt bounced off Allen pads to make it 4-2 with 648 remaining https://www.shopstlouisblues.com/175-yan_stastny_jersey.Kuraly tacked on an empty-net goal with 51.5 seconds left. still had a chance in the third there, Pietrangelo said. I can t let that guy get behind me on the breakaway.Krug uncontested wrister from the slot gave Boston a 1-0 lead 331 into the second period.St. Louis tied it 53 seconds later when O Reilly tucked in his own rebound from the right of the crease after Rask got a glove on his first attempt.Gunnarsson gave the Blues a 2-1 lead when he capped a give-and-go with Jaden Schwartz with a one-timer from the left circle with 624 to play in the second.Backes, a former Blues captain, got a piece of Zdeno Chara slap shot to tie it again with four minutes left in the period. Backes goal came with four seconds left on a Bruins power play following Robert Bortuzzo cross-checking penalty..Panger40 to Pat Maroon on his fight with 6-foot-9 Zdeno Chara You looked small compared to that guy.