Marchand: Bruins 'got lucky' in Game 3 blowout of Blues

Brad Marchand believes the Boston Bruins were fortunate to take a 2-1 series lead over the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Final.

"We got lucky (Saturday night)," the Bruins forward told reporters, including The Athletic's Steve Buckley, postgame after the Bruins dismantled the Blues 7-2. "We'll take that one. Hopefully, we're good next game."

The Bruins broke through for four goals on four man-advantage opportunities in Game 3 but did so while managing just four total shots on goal across those powerplays.

"Sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it doesn't," Marchand continued. "We knew we could be better. That's just one of those nights where things just start to bounce your way.

"You can't expect that to happen every night. We still have areas we can clean up. It's nice that the power play came together. We were good on special teams, but gotta follow it up next game."

St. Louis outshot Boston 29-24 in the contest, though that can be attributed in part to the Bruins establishing a four-goal lead early in the second period.

"They came at us pretty hard in the second and third, and we didn't have a ton of pushback, so we can be better than that when we have the lead," Marchand said. "We can be better than we were at the tail end of the game."

Game 4 is scheduled for Monday night in St. Louis.

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