Bruins Beat Blues in Wideman's Return to St. Louis: Have Now Won 10 of 11

The Boston Bruins just defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-3. It was the Blake Wheeler show early for the Bruins as Wheeler potted the first two goals for the Bruins. The first Wheeler goal was a nice one timer tally. The Bruins executed a three on two well with Michael Ryder finding David Krejci in the middle who put it in Wheeler's wheel house for the goal.

Wheeler's second was a great individual effort as he was working the filthy stick-work and found the back of the net past Manny Legace. Just over a minute later the Blues got on the board on a Brad Winchester goal, beating a screened Manny Fernandez.

Towards the end of the period the Blues Jay McClement picked the Bruins defensemen's pockets and scored his third of the season on a breakaway. McClement put a blistering wrister over Fernandez's left shoulder to tie the score, 2-2.

Just 53 seconds later, still on the power play, Shane Hnidy erased the tie by finding a hole through a screen and beating Legacy for his second of the year. Phil Kessel had an assist on the play, extending his point steak to 18 games. The Bruins headed into the locker room after 20 minutes with a 3-2 lead.

The first tally of the second came from old friend Yan Stastny, who picked up a rebound off of a Keith Tkachuk's shot and stuffed it home, 3-3.

The Bruins wouldn't allow the Blues to take the lead however, as Michael Ryder picked up a pass from P.J. Axellson and jammed it into the back of the net, 4-3 Boston.

With a few minutes left in the second period a large momentum shift took place. The Blues were inches away from evening the game but Dennis Wideman scooped a puck out of the crease behind Manny Fernandez and led the Bruins up ice. Milan Lucic threw the puck up the boards to Phil Kessel who passed it to Marc Savard for his 11th goal of the season. Savard waited for Legacy to slide across the crease before firing it back side for the goal.

The final goal of the night cam from Vlad Sobotka who grabbed the puck in front of the St. Louis goal and pulled a spin-o-rama for the goal.

The Bruins doubled up their second straight opponent by the score of 6-3 and will now head to New Jersey to face the Devils on Tuesday night. This will be the Bruins last game before the Christmas holiday. With the win Fernandez is 11-1-1 in his last 14 games.

One final note here is that this was Dennis Wideman's first game in St Louis since he was traded for Brad Boyes.

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