The Bruins extended the best-of-7 series with a road win in Game 6, earning the opportunity to host Game 7 of the Cup Final for the first time in their history. But home-ice advantage wasn't kind to Boston, which lost three of four home games against St. Louis.
The Bruins got their raucous crowd behind them in the first period of Game 7 with a 12-4 edge in shots on goal, but none of them got past goalie Jordan Binnington. The Blues scored twice late in the period, and the Bruins seemed flat the rest of the game.
"I think you're playing in the Stanley Cup, in the playoffs, in the Final and there's always pressure," Rask said. "I don't think it matters to us that we were home. It definitely didn't look like it. We played a good first period, but when you're down 2-0, you try, you try, you try and nothing goes through, then it's, 'What can you do?' That's how it goes sometimes. I don't think it was pressure."