Bruins win rematch with Cup champions

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David Pastrnak scored his team-leading 11th goal, Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots for his second shutout this season and the Boston Bruins beat the defending NHL champion St. Louis Blues 3-0 Saturday night in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final.

It was the first meeting between the teams since St. Louis won its first Cup last season, skating with the trophy around the TD Garden ice in Boston on June 12 after a 4-1 victory in Game 7.

Anders Bjork also scored for Boston (7-1-2). Brandon Carlo added an empty-net goal with 49 seconds left.

Rask, who played his 500th game with the Bruins in a win over Toronto on Tuesday, recorded his 47th career shutout. He's 5-0-1 in six starts this season, picking up his solid play that carried Boston to the Final.

Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for the Blues (5-3-3), who won their previous two games. In his rookie season, the 6-foot-2 goalie sparked St. Louis to its run from last place in the Western Conference in early January to a title.

Flyers 7, Blue Jackets 4: Trailing by two goals early in the third period, Philadelphia didn't get discouraged. It simply maintained its focus and came through with its biggest late rally in nearly six years. Kevin Hayes scored the go-ahead short-handed goal late in Philadelphia's five-goal third period, and the Flyers beat Columbus. James van Riemsdyk had two goals and an assist, Jake Voracek added a goal and two assists, former Union star Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist, and Michael Raffl and Travis Konecny also scored for Philadelphia.

Hurricanes 4, Blackhawks 0: A hot goalie and a rejuvenated power play helped Carolina break a three-game winless streak with a victory over Chicago. Petr Mrazek stopped 32 shots to record his second shutout in 12 days and the Hurricanes (7-3-1) went...