Blues back in the Stanley Cup final after 49 years

The team from Missouri clearly defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-1 in their own stadium and won the best-of-seven semifinal series 4-2. As of Monday, the opponents in the fight for the title will be the Boston Bruins, as they were 49 years ago.

"That's incredible. This city has been waiting for this for so long. Now there are still four wins left. We just have to keep going,” said attacker Pat Maroon.

David Perron (2nd) and Wladimir Tarassenko (17th) gave the team a 2-0 lead in the first third. Dylan Gambrell (27th) brought San Jose close again, but Brayden Schenn (33rd), Tyler Bozak (54th) and Ivan Barbaschew (58th) made everything clear for the Blues, who were already 1-2 in the series had gone back.

Never won the Stanley Cup The Blues have been playing in the NHL since 1967, but are still waiting for their first championship title. No other team in the league has played so many games without winning the Stanley Cup.

Between 1968 and 1970, St. Louis reached the final three times in a row, but lost 0-4 each time. The last defeat in 1970 was against the Boston Bruins, who are now the opponent again. Boston defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 in a one-sided semifinal series and is in the Stanley Cup final for the 20th time.

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Blues back in the Stanley Cup final after 49 years

The St. Louis Blues have reached the Stanley Cup final of the North American professional ice hockey league NHL for the first time since 1970.

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