St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, January 7, 2018 · Capital One Arena

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3–4

Final/OT

SOG 34–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 in overtime on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Blues outshot the Capitals 34-33.

Goals came from Brett Connolly, Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexander Steen, Alex Ovechkin, Lars Eller, Carl Gunnarsson and Nicklas Backstrom.

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
STL	0	2	1	0	3	34
WSH	1	0	2	1	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brett Connolly (9)Alex Ovechkin (18), John Carlson (28)0–113:15 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Vladimir Tarasenko (18)Ivan Barbashev (2), Joel Edmundson (8)1–101:18 STL
Alexander Steen (6)Brayden Schenn (26), Alex Pietrangelo (22)2–105:02 STL · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (27)John Carlson (29), Nicklas Backstrom (26)2–208:00 WSH · PPG
Lars Eller (6)T.J. Oshie (14), Madison Bowey (9)2–310:49 WSH
Carl Gunnarsson (4)Patrik Berglund (2), Tage Thompson (2)3–315:51 STL

OT period

Nicklas Backstrom (9)T.J. Oshie (15)3–404:17 WSH

Team stats

STLWSH

34Shots on goal33

58%Faceoff %42%

1/2Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes4

19Hits18

19Blocked shots9

4Giveaways15

7Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 09:35Kyle Brodziak · holding2 min
1st 11:58Carl Gunnarsson · holding2 min
2nd 04:18Dmitry Orlov · hooking2 min
2nd 12:23Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
3rd 01:57Patrik Berglund · holding2 min
3rd 07:57Jay Bouwmeester · tripping2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

10Brayden SchennC	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	47	19:04
20Alexander SteenL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	–	20:24
21Patrik BerglundC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	71	14:33
32Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:17
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	17:33
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	+1	6	1	3	0	–	22:11
4Carl GunnarssonD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	2	–	11:17
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	-1	2	3	2	0	–	23:13
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	5	0	–	28:14
9Scottie UpshallR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	11:01
22Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:58
26Paul StastnyC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	71	21:52
28Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	38	12:12
56Magnus PaajarviL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	10:18
71Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	100	18:46
19Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	22:46
41Robert BortuzzoD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	11:26
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	25:26

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	O	33	29	4	.879	64:17

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	0	–	22:50
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	38	22:40
77T.J. OshieR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	50	19:28
74John CarlsonD	0	2	2	-1	1	1	2	0	–	26:30
10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	+1	5	2	1	0	–	14:43
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	45	17:01
22Madison BoweyD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	11:15
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	13:50
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	14:52
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:27
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	14:41
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:52
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	64	10:22
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	2	27	18:31
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	24:19
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	–	26:34
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:38
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:02

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	34	31	3	.912	63:49