Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 2019 · Enterprise Center

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2–5

Final

SOG 25–42

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Enterprise Center. The Blues outshot the Capitals 42-25.

Goals came from Robert Thomas, Alex Ovechkin, Brett Connolly, Colton Parayko, Oskar Sundqvist, Alex Pietrangelo and Tyler Bozak.

Jake Allen made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 37 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	2	25
STL	1	2	2	5	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Robert Thomas (4)Robert Bortuzzo (4), Jaden Schwartz (12)0–104:00 STL
Alex Ovechkin (30)Michal Kempny (9), John Carlson (33)1–115:34 WSH

2nd period

Brett Connolly (9)Lars Eller (12), Michal Kempny (10)2–103:00 WSH
Colton Parayko (8)Ryan O'Reilly (21), David Perron (13)2–212:23 STL · PPG
Oskar Sundqvist (7)Ivan Barbashev (6), Alex Pietrangelo (8)2–316:33 STL

3rd period

Alex Pietrangelo (5)David Perron (14), Ryan O'Reilly (22)2–405:44 STL
Tyler Bozak (6)Unassisted2–511:08 STL

Team stats

WSHSTL

25Shots on goal42

32%Faceoff %68%

0/3Power play1/4

17Penalty minutes15

16Hits14

14Blocked shots7

8Giveaways4

10Takeaways19

Penalties

1st 00:46Brayden Schenn · tripping2 min
1st 06:49Brooks Orpik · high sticking double minor4 min
1st 16:47Alex Pietrangelo · tripping2 min
2nd 02:13Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 02:13Robert Bortuzzo · fighting5 min
2nd 05:29David Perron · slashing2 min
2nd 08:48Alex Pietrangelo · roughing2 min
2nd 08:48Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
2nd 10:37Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
2nd 11:59Michal Kempny · holding2 min
2nd 11:59Patrick Maroon · tripping2 min
2nd 13:19Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

6Michal KempnyD	0	2	2	+2	2	2	1	2	–	19:17
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-2	3	2	1	0	–	19:32
10Brett ConnollyR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	15:06
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	20	16:11
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	23:24
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	14:22
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25	12:39
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	42	17:30
23Dmitrij JaskinR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	11:01
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	10:21
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	7	–	13:50
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:36
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:47
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	31	16:42
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2	–	21:23
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	23:07
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	13:16
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	4	–	14:10

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	42	37	5	.881	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

57David PerronL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	2	100	20:58
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	60	21:33
27Alex PietrangeloD	1	1	2	+2	5	1	1	4	–	21:34
17Jaden SchwartzC	0	1	1	+1	8	1	0	0	–	19:53
18Robert ThomasC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	50	14:20
21Tyler BozakC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	100	15:32
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	67	12:25
70Oskar SundqvistC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	67	14:24
41Robert BortuzzoD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	5	–	14:26
55Colton ParaykoD	1	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	–	23:23
7Patrick MaroonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	11:32
10Brayden SchennC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	70	17:55
15Robby FabbriC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	100	10:42
20Alexander SteenL	0	0	0	+1	5	1	0	0	–	17:34
4Carl GunnarssonD	0	0	0	+4	0	2	0	0	–	12:53
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	15:06
19Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:17
29Vince DunnD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	11:36

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG	W	25	23	2	.920	59:57
85Evan FitzpatrickG		0	0	0	–	00:00