Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Tuesday, April 8, 2014 · Scottrade Center

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4–1

Final

SOG 22–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Scottrade Center. The Blues outshot the Capitals 29-22.

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Maxim Lapierre and Mikhail Grabovski also scored.

Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 18 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	1	4	22
STL	0	1	0	1	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (1), Joel Ward (1)1–017:54 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Maxim Lapierre (1)Steve Ott (1), Ryan Reaves (1)1–102:39 STL
Mikhail Grabovski (1)Eric Fehr (1), Braden Holtby (1)2–108:52 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Dmitry Orlov (1)3–118:50 WSH

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (2)4–100:16 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHSTL

22Shots on goal29

28%Faceoff %72%

2/4Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes10

10Hits23

26Blocked shots6

5Giveaways4

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 16:23Derek Roy · hooking2 min
2nd 07:09Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
2nd 07:09Evgeny Kuznetsov · throwing equipment2 min
2nd 07:48Kevin Shattenkirk · slashing2 min
2nd 13:01Jay Bouwmeester · hooking2 min
2nd 15:55Tyson Strachan · cross checking2 min
2nd 19:07Jaden Schwartz · holding the stick2 min
3rd 14:56Joel Ward · hooking2 min
3rd 19:56Carlo Colaiacovo · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	+1	2	1	1	0	–	16:37
19Nicklas BackstromC	2	0	2	+1	6	0	2	0	31	19:30
74John CarlsonD	0	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	–	26:35
16Eric FehrR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	20	14:08
42Joel WardR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	50	16:12
84Mikhail GrabovskiC	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	12:21
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	20:03
17Dustin PennerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100	08:58
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	40	17:35
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	16:08
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:37
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	14:05
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	14	16:59
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	–	12:43
23Tyson StrachanD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	–	19:46
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	–	20:35
58Connor CarrickD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	14:29
59Julien BrouilletteD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	13:41

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	29	28	1	.966	59:58

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

29Steve OttC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	60	16:23
40Maxim LapierreC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	60	15:18
75Ryan ReavesR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	13:10
9Jaden SchwartzC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	100	16:30
10Brenden MorrowL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:51
12Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	63	12:28
17Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	74	15:44
20Alexander SteenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	80	18:41
21Patrik BerglundC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50	17:20
26Dmitrij JaskinR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	12:55
42David BackesR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	08:12
74T.J. OshieC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	19:20
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	–	17:24
13Carlo ColaiacovoD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	–	16:36
19Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	–	19:22
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	–	22:29
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	22:50
46Roman PolakD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	18:24

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brian ElliottG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Ryan MillerG	L	22	18	4	.818	59:19