St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Preseason · Sunday, September 30, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NHLN-US · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blues 26–23.
Goals came from Robert Thomas, Brett Connolly, Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie, Jordan Schmaltz, Nic Dowd and Devante Smith-Pelly.
Braden Holtby made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 15 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Robert Thomas (1)David Perron (1), Sammy Blais (1)1–004:39 STL
Brett Connolly (2)Lars Eller (2), Jakub Vrana (1)1–117:52 WSH
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (4)Unassisted1–200:38 WSH
T.J. Oshie (1)Unassisted1–301:27 WSH
Jordan Schmaltz (1)Ivan Barbashev (1)2–310:21 STL · 
Nic Dowd (1)Chandler Stephenson (1), Madison Bowey (1)2–412:47 WSH
Devante Smith-Pelly (1)Lars Eller (3), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–519:19 WSH ·
Team stats
STLWSH
2326
38%62%
0/40/6
1416
814
1210
117
38
Penalties
- 0:54 into the first period
Andre Burakovsky · holding2 min - 6:18 into the first periodNic Dowd · slashing2 min
- 15:02 into the first period
Sammy Blais · interference2 min - 18:07 into the first periodMitch Reinke · high sticking2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodMitch Reinke · high sticking2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodTom Wilson · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 5:22 into the second periodChris Thorburn · roughing2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodSammy Blais · slashing2 min
- 15:42 into the second periodMitch Reinke · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 4:11 into the third periodNicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodNiko Mikkola · holding2 min
St. Louis Blues
| 36Robert ThomasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:03 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:34 |
| 64Sammy BlaisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 43Jordan SchmaltzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 12Zachary SanfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 22Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:52 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:16 |
| 37Klim KostinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:42 |
| 54Adam MusilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:33 |
| 62Mackenzie MacEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:58 |
| 70Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:56 |
| 25Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:25 |
| 29Vince DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 39Mitch ReinkeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 46Jake WalmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 17:41 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 14:10 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:53 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:37 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |