St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, March 3, 2011 · Verizon Center

St. LouisBluesAway

2–3

Final

SOG 27–30

WashingtonCapitalsHome

CSN-DC (HD) · FS-MW (HD)

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Blues 30-27.

Goals came from Alexander Steen, Scott Hannan, B.J. Crombeen, Nicklas Backstrom and Jason Arnott.

Michal Neuvirth made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ty Conklin stopped 27 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	1	1	0	2	27
WSH	0	2	1	3	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Steen (1)Chris Stewart (1), Barret Jackman (1)1–011:25 STL

2nd period

Scott Hannan (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Matt Hendricks (1)1–103:08 WSH
B.J. Crombeen (1)Unassisted2–105:14 STL
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Knuble (1), Alex Ovechkin (2)2–206:48 WSH

3rd period

Jason Arnott (1)Alexander Semin (1), Brooks Laich (1)2–314:41 WSH

Team stats

STLWSH

27Shots on goal30

49%Faceoff %51%

0/3Power play0/1

7Penalty minutes11

25Hits24

17Blocked shots22

2Giveaways8

5Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 04:26Jason Arnott · slashing2 min
1st 16:04Carlo Colaiacovo · holding the stick2 min
1st 18:58Tyson Strachan · fighting5 min
1st 18:58Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
2nd 12:19Mike Knuble · hooking2 min
2nd 15:33Alexander Semin · hooking2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

20Alexander SteenC	1	0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	–	19:09
25Chris StewartR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	–	19:59
26B.J. CrombeenR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	11:45
5Barret JackmanD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	23:47
10Andy McDonaldC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	54	23:51
21Patrik BerglundC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	73	18:43
32Chris PorterL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	11:22
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	19:25
42David BackesR	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0	0	54	22:56
55Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	04:07
74T.J. OshieC	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	50	17:18
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	06:26
79Adam CracknellR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	07:48
12Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	24:12
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	26:24
28Carlo ColaiacovoD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	2	–	14:03
33Tyson StrachanD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	5	–	08:33
46Roman PolakD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	–	19:40

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Ty ConklinG	L	30	27	3	.900	58:32
30Ben BishopG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+1	1	3	1	0	–	18:47
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	58	17:22
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	25	19:26
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	17:27
26Matt HendricksC	0	1	1	+1	2	5	1	0	–	12:39
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	2	–	16:09
44Jason ArnottC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	2	50	14:42
23Scott HannanD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	4	0	–	21:37
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	–	10:14
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	57	15:27
18Marco SturmL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	11:41
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	–	10:22
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	45	10:57
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	14:59
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	–	22:20
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	4	0	–	21:31
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:38
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	21:42

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00