Brayden Schenn and Oskar Sundqvist scored, and Binnington made 27 saves for the Blues (7-9-0), have lost three in a row and ended a season-long five-game homestand 2-3-0. St. Louis was 5-0-0 when leading after two periods.

The Bruins went into the third period down 2-0 but they got one back at 4:53 from Morgan Geekie, back in the lineup after three straight healthy scratches. David Pastrnak stole the puck from Colton Parayko in the neutral and took off with Geekie on an odd-man rush. Geekie took Pastrnak’s pass and beat Jordan Binnington to the blocker side.

For 40 minutes, the Blues seemed on the verge with the proper response to an embarrassing result on home ice Saturday night. Shedding the stink of an 8-1 loss -- particularly the third period -- against the Washington Capitals was going to take some work,