The St. Louis are now one win away from hoisting the Stanley Cup for the very first time, after grabbing a momentum-stealing 2-1 Game 5 victory Thursday night to take a Triston Miller Jersey 3-2 series lead in the Final.Boston returned to TD Garden with a prime opportunity to retake a series lead following a 4-2 lo s in St. Louis in Game 4, and fans had added reason for hope at home with defenseman gritting his way through a broken jaw. But an unusually stagnant first line, which has largely failed to jump-start Boston outside of the power play during the series, remained quiet while Blues goalie fended 38 of the 39 shots he faced.Questionable calls were littered throughout the contest, with St. Louis' getting away with a couple of apparent high hits on and receiving no penalty for a blatant trip of right before the Blues' second goal of the night. But even with the contested officiating, which at one point had Bruins fans hurling things onto the ice in protest, Boston seemed mostly lifele s for much of the night.Binnington, of course, deserves some credit for that. The 25-year-old net-minder had one of the best games of his young NHL career, shielding St. Louis from a late offensive attack that saw Boston narrow its deficit to one goal on a delayed-penalty score by . Most headlines will a suredly focus on Bozak's trip en route to game-winning goal, but the Blues were powered just as much by Binnington's work against in net as their penalty kill, which has allowed exactly zero scores since the Bruins scored four times on the man-advantage in Game 3. The Bruins have been equally as ineffective in 5-on-5 competition as of Francisco Nelson III Jersey late -- a serious concern for a team that employs , Brad Marchand and . And if they don't fix it soon, there won't be another chance for redemption in Boston.Relive all of it and more -- the entire slate of Game 5 action -- right here:Game 5 updates .Early pa s and score saps energy from Bruins as Blues up 2-1The Blues and Bruins went a whole 20 minutes without pushing the puck into the net to start Game 5, but St. Louis needed le s than one minute to break the scorele s tie in Byron Vaughns Jersey the second, largely thanks to Zach Sanford. Driving around the back of the net 55 seconds into the period, the 24-year-old forward weaved a beautiful backhanded pa s through his legs to , who did the rest to work around and put St. Louis up 1-0. That's one nifty pa s you've got there, . : : NHL (@NHL) The Blues were likely also thankful that Sanford didn't warrant a call or two for some questionable high hits on Boston's Torey Krug later in the period. But it's not nece sarily like Boston would've done Jacob Colacion Jersey much with additional power plays, either, as the early O'Reilly score appeared to completely sap Boston -- and its TD Garden crowd -- of energy throughout the rest of the second. St. Louis wasn't overly dominant, managing just two shots on goal in a 13-minute stretch following its score, and yet the Bruins were even more lifele s, blanking on each of their extra-man advantages with still no signs of explosion from their big-name top line. More top-notch play from a locked-in Jordan Binnington a suredly made things harder for the Bruins.An uncalled tripping penalty on Tyler Bozak helped pave the way for some insurance in the third, when David Perron laced one past Rask to put St. Louis up by two, but the Bruins then finally got on the board with a shot from Jake DeBrusk on a delayed penalty. That man, Jordan Binnington. #StanleyCup on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) Superb goaltending highlights scorele s first periodThe biggest story entering Game 5 turned out to be longtime Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara taking the ice despite a broken jaw, and after one period of play, it's Chara's side of the ice that's dominated. Although Boston spent much of the final two minutes of the opening 20 killing off a debatable slashing penalty, the first action of this pivotal tie-breaking clash was Da'Quan Patton Jersey marked by superb goaltending from both sides. The Blues' Jordan Binnington halted 17 shots from Boston, five of which came in the last six minutes, whereas the Bruins' Tuukka Rask stopped all eight of St. Louis' shots thanks in part to some highlight-reel work in the net. Scorele s in the first after saves like these. NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs)