BenFred: The Bruins are starting to look (and look) to all the other teams defeated by the Blues | Ben Frederickson

It is not surprising then that the veteran defender's summary of the Stanley Cup final is brief, but there remains a precise analysis that becomes more precise in every game.

"Through a series, it takes a few games or a little time to really feel," said Bouwmeester before his Blues beat the Bruins in Thursday's fifth game. "It's pretty hard to see who can play their game, and do what they want to do, and kind of things to control." Up to now, in other series, we later we managed to take control, but with these guys, they're a different animal, it's the best team we've played. "

And yet, here are the Blues, again imposing their will on an opponent who was strongly favored to beat them back when this series began.

Let's go see the Bruins.

Their coach needs his cheek stamped after screaming at the officials. Their alignment is lame. Some of their best team strengths and the most talented individual players have been blunted. They arrived in St. Louis on Friday knowing that their season could end Sunday if they do not solve a goalkeeper who improves match.

Bouwmeester is right that the Bruins are the best team the Blues have played in the playoffs.

That's what makes Blues so impressive.

The Bruins may be a different animal, but they're starting to look a lot like Jets, Stars and Sharks.

We are already experimenting.

Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy begins to stir up memories of Chief Complainant Pete DeBoer. Cassidy's hurt feelings about Blues hits and Tyler Bozak's game in Game Noel Acciari, which could replace Noel Picard's launch by Bobby Orr, the lost kick, as the most famous journey of 39, a Bruin by a Blue, were read from a post page of DeBoer's game book. This did not work for the Sharks coach. We'll see if Boston is luckier.

The Bruins, like the Sharks, are showing signs of defeat by officiating. A foul on a missed pass that benefitted San Jose forced the Sharks to look over their shoulder at the rest of the series, babbling about the fact that good fortune had nothing to do with it. A non-call that played for the Blues sparked the Bruins' sparks in Game 5. It's almost as if they forgot there were other decisive games.

Another Bruins-Sharks comparison? Both have made the mistake of neglecting the physical cost of playing a best-of-seven series against these Blues. Remember when San Jose defender Erik Karlsson made fun of the physical appearance of the Blues after the first game of the Western Conference final, before being eliminated from the ice at the end of the series. Boston defender Torey Krug was no different from the public challenge he faced against the Blues after his crushing match against Robert Thomas.

"If you want to hit us in the mouth and look us in the eye, we are also willing to do it," said Krug after the win in the Bruins first game.

Since Krug sent Thomas and his sore wrist to the press, the Blues knocked out Matt Grzelcyk and put Acciari on the concussion protocol. Boston captain, Zdeno Chara, is now playing in a full mask after a puck of Brayden Schenn ran his stick and under his breath. The Blues increased their average number of hits per game per game, from 25.1 against the Jets in the first round to 39.2 against the Bruins. The Bruins wanted a physical game. Now they do not seem so safe anymore.

The few Boston articles that are not entirely devoted to Bozak's journey wonder, precisely, why Boston's star scorers are wavering in a five-to-five room. Answer: it's the blues. Similar questions were asked in San Jose, Dallas and Winnipeg. The Blues cover the front lines with equal strength, averaging only 1.88 goals per force.

Here's the plus-minus for each of the following teams' regular season scorers in this playoff series against the Blues: David Pastrnak of Boston (under 5 in five games), Joe Pavelski of San Jose (zero to five he was eliminated from the series), Tyler Seguin (minus-2) from Dallas and Mark Scheifele from Winnipeg (nil). None of these prolific scorers have found the Blues net more than twice. This is the biggest story that gets the least attention and it goes back to April.

Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington is once again tightening his claws on another opponent as a series gets closer to the finish line. He is now 7-1 in games 5, 6 and 7, and he has allowed more than two goals in these games. In fact, he has allowed a total of four goals in the last five games.

And after giving the Bruins 19 deadly power play opportunities in the first three games, the Blues have combined five opportunities in the last two games. This reflects a similar reduction achieved by the Blues in previous series. As opponents' complaints about the Blues look stronger, the Blues tend to play smarter, trading smash for talent.

We know the script now. What is amazing is that it works well against the Bruins.

Another win and there will be no better team than the Blues.