The Boston Bruins followed up Saturday’s loss to the Ottawa Senators with an impressive comeback victory against the St. Louis Blues, 3-2, Tuesday night at the Enterprise Center.

Boston jumped back over .500 at 8-7-2 and St. Louis fell to 7-9-0.

The Bruins have had issues on their special teams all season. They entered Tuesday with the most power play opportunities, but with just the 19th most power play goals in the sport. They also have the third most penalty kills in the NHL with a 22nd rated kill rate due to an epidemic of early season penalties and a loaded unit for Boston.

Jim Montgomery took a proactive approach to solving the problems when he placed Hampus Lindholm on the top power play unit. Unfortunately, Lindholm didn’t even get the full window to make an impact. He left the game after blocking a shot late in the first period and did not return to action with a lower-body injury.

St. Louis, on the other hand, took full advantage of their special teams units, scoring a pair of power-play goals in the second period thanks to Brayden Schenn and Oskar Sundqvist.

That once again put more pressure on the Bruins to make their mark at even strength. It took more than 40 minutes, but the Bruins did just that. The team bombarded Blues goalkeeper Jordan Binnington with chances that ultimately paid off. Boston scored three goals in the third period from Morgan Geekie, Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak’s go-ahead goal with less than two minutes left in regulation.

Boston still has a real problem to solve on their struggling special teams. Tuesday night offered a respite from that reality, as a determined effort in the final 20 minutes got the Bruins back above .500.

The story for the Bruins through the first month of the season is simple: They’ll go as far as their special teams take them.