BOSTON — For the first time in three weeks, the Blues outshot their opponent. It paid off in a 3-2 overtime win over the Bruins on Saturday afternoon, snapping a four-game losing streak.

With 2:07 remaining in overtime, Brayden Schenn scored the game-winning goal for St. Louis. The Blues outshot the Bruins, 31-17.

Radek Faksa and Nathan Walker scored for the Blues as their line continued to be a consistent factor for St. Louis. Walker's goal at 9:18 of the third period tied the game at 2 thanks to a relentless five-man forecheck and a no-look pass from below the goal line from Faksa.

Trent Frederic scored two goals for the Bruins.

Jordan Kyrou hit two posts, and Brayden Schenn was denied on three high-quality chances by Boston goaltender Joonas Korpisalo.

The Blues finish their three-game road trip with an afternoon date in Carolina on Sunday.

Burned by the hometown kid

Frederic scored twice in the first period, tallying his first goals since opening night, snapping a 17-game goal drought. Frederic is originally from St. Louis having played for the AAA Blues and being part of the 2016 draft class that featured five St. Louisans taken in the first round.

Frederic scored at 9:34 of the first period, touching home a rebound of Georgii Merkulov’s deflection on goal. It was Merkulov’s first career NHL point, and the goal tied the game at 1.

Frederic struck again at 12:12, and once again at the net-front, tipping a point shot by Mason Lohrei past Jordan Binnington. Walker had two chances to clear the puck from the defensive zone, but it instead ended up on Lohrei’s stick for a shot with Frederic camped out in front.

Frederic, 26, was playing his eighth career game against the Blues and he entered Saturday with one goal and two assists against his hometown team.

Frederic’s goals negated a solid start to the game for the Blues, who weathered an early Bruins push (they hit two posts) to rip off seven straight shots at one point. That included Faksa’s goal at 6:25, a tip of Scott Perunovich’s point shot. Walker and Alexey Toropchenko set up the opportunity with their work entering the offensive zone.

Coming off the board

For the second straight game, goaltender interference took an apparent goal off the board. This time, though, it was a St. Louis goal that was disallowed.

In the second period, Oskar Sundqvist appeared to tie the game at 2, but on-ice officials waived off the goal because of Mathieu Joseph’s interference on Korpisalo. Joseph entered the crease on his own, and clipped Korpisalo when he was in there.

Blues coach Drew Bannsiter chose not to challenge the play.

On Thursday, Bannister erased a would-be Buffalo goal with a successful challenge, his first of the season.

— Perunovich exited the game briefly at the tail end of the second period when he was cross-checked into the boards by Frederic. Perunovich went down the Blues tunnel, but was on the ice to start the third period.

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