St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 23, 2016 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-MW
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Blues 25-21.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick and Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Pietrangelo also scored.
Braden Holtby made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 21 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (6), Nicklas Backstrom (13)0–117:28 WSH · PPG
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (11)John Carlson (8), Andre Burakovsky (6)0–210:12 WSH
Vladimir Tarasenko (8)Dmitrij Jaskin (5)1–210:48 STL
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)Dmitry Orlov (6), Andre Burakovsky (7)1–306:31 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (12)Unassisted1–406:53 WSH
Alex Pietrangelo (4)Paul Stastny (7), Colton Parayko (10)2–418:45 STL · PPG- Vladimir Tarasenko (9)David Perron (7), Jaden Schwartz (5)3–419:31 STL
Team stats
STLWSH
21Shots on goal25
48%Faceoff %52%
1/5Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes12
21Hits16
11Blocked shots8
11Giveaways9
11Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 05:32
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 07:09Jay Bouwmeester · slashing2 min
- 1st 11:16
Nate Schmidt · holding2 min - 1st 11:21David Perron · interference2 min
- 1st 14:12Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 16:35Kyle Brodziak · slashing2 min
- 2nd 01:56Daniel Winnik · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:49Colton Parayko · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:49Dmitry Orlov · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:40Andre Burakovsky · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:20Lars Eller · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 17Jaden SchwartzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:28 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 22:13 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 10Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 12Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 15Robby FabbriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 28Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 64Nail YakupovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:29 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 4Carl GunnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 19Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 59:27 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 15:29 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 21:47 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 82Zachary SanfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 60:00 |