Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Wednesday, December 1, 2010 · Scottrade Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Scottrade Center. The Blues outshot the Capitals 38-26.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Brooks Laich, Boyd Gordon and Alexander Steen also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brooks Laich (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (1)1–008:12 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Boyd Gordon (1)Tom Poti (1), DJ King (1)2–010:02 WSH
Alexander Steen (1)B.J. Crombeen (1), Erik Johnson (1)2–119:28 STL
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Knuble (1), John Carlson (1)3–107:06 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alex Ovechkin (1), John Erskine (1)4–119:25 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHSTL
26Shots on goal38
52%Faceoff %48%
1/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes4
30Hits21
15Blocked shots8
4Giveaways5
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 03:30
Jay McClement · boarding2 min - 1st 07:13Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 11:24
Alexander Semin · tripping2 min - 1st 17:51Tom Poti · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:27Mike Green · slashing2 min
- 3rd 14:28Jeff Schultz · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 19:14 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 17DJ KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:53 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:48 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:24 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
St. Louis Blues
| 20Alexander SteenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19:55 |
| 26B.J. CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 26:20 |
| 10Andy McDonaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:36 |
| 15Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 19Stefan Della RovereL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:47 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:35 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:28 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:38 |
| 28Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 33Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 58:57 |