Ryan O’Reilly has joined impressive company in the Stanley Cup record books.
O’Reilly scored the first goal of Game 7 on Wednesday to give his St. Louis Blues a 1-0 lead over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. That was the fourth straight Stanley Cup Final game in which O’Reilly had scored, something last accomplished by Wayne Gretzky in 1985.
O’Reilly scored on a deflection with just over three minutes to go in the first period.
Alex Pietrangelo added another goal with seven seconds left in the period to give St. Louis a 2-0 lead through the first period.
O’Reilly actually has five goals in four games as he scored twice in the Blues’ Game 4 win. For his performance in the Final, as well as the rest of the postseason, O'Reilly was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Blues hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup for the first time in franchise history.
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