Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Monday, April 2, 2018 · Scottrade Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 34–36

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Monday, April 2, 2018 at Scottrade Center. The Blues outshot the Capitals 36-34.

Goals came from Vladimir Tarasenko, Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Chiasson, Andre Burakovsky, Patrik Berglund and Alex Ovechkin.

Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 30 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	3	1	4	34
STL	1	1	0	2	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Vladimir Tarasenko (32)Kyle Brodziak (19), Alex Pietrangelo (38)0–103:38 STL

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (20)Brett Connolly (11)1–100:51 WSH
Alex Chiasson (9)Jakub Jerabek (6)2–102:39 WSH
Andre Burakovsky (11)Nicklas Backstrom (47), Brooks Orpik (10)3–107:54 WSH
Patrik Berglund (14)Kyle Brodziak (20), Robert Bortuzzo (8)3–211:38 STL

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (46)Evgeny Kuznetsov (54), Nicklas Backstrom (48)4–218:29 WSH · PPG · EN

Team stats

WSHSTL

34Shots on goal36

44%Faceoff %56%

1/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes4

13Hits16

25Blocked shots13

5Giveaways6

6Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 16:24Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min
2nd 03:47Jaden Schwartz · holding2 min
2nd 19:50Matt Niskanen · high sticking2 min
3rd 08:51Jakub Vrana · tripping2 min
3rd 10:48Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min
3rd 17:53Kyle Brodziak · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	2	3	+2	3	0	1	0	50	18:10
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-2	5	1	1	0	–	16:56
10Brett ConnollyR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	12:43
39Alex ChiassonR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	11:51
65Andre BurakovskyL	1	0	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	15:14
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	36	16:55
28Jakub JerabekD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	13:07
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	3	0	–	18:54
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	10:03
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	67	11:32
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	42	17:29
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:30
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-2	5	6	1	0	–	19:18
63Shane GersichC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:03
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	–	22:45
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	17:54
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	4	–	22:58
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	–	22:26

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	36	34	2	.944	59:12

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

28Kyle BrodziakC	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	47	15:52
21Patrik BerglundC	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	100	16:45
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	21:16
27Alex PietrangeloD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	29:55
41Robert BortuzzoD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	0	–	14:24
10Brayden SchennC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	62	22:58
17Jaden SchwartzC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	–	21:45
20Alexander SteenL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	–	21:43
22Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	05:18
23Dmitrij JaskinR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:11
32Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:38
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	08:03
70Oskar SundqvistC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	07:27
71Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	60	16:33
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	20:57
25Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	14:57
29Vince DunnD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	–	17:06
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	0	–	17:07

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG	L	33	30	3	.909	58:29
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00