St. Louis Blues win their 1st Stanley Cup

The St. Louis Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 Wednesday night in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, winning the team's first NHL championship.

The Blues went 51 seasons before capturing the title, and held the record for playing the most games in NHL history without winning the Stanley Cup, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The Blues made a magnificent comeback over the last several months; on Jan. 3, they had the fewest points in the league.

Ryan O'Reilly — who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for being the MVP of the playoffs — and Alex Pietrangelo scored in the first period, followed by Brayden Schenn in the third and Zach Sanford in the fourth. Their teammate Jordan Binnington stopped the first 32 shots that came his way, and he is now the first rookie goalie to win 16 playoff games in a season.

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