St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 17, 2023 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · BSMW
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Friday, March 17, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blues 34-22.
Sammy Blais scored twice. Jordan Kyrou, Kasperi Kapanen, Martin Fehérváry, Nicklas Backstrom and Brayden Schenn also scored.
Joel Hofer made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 17 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sammy Blais (5)Brandon Saad (11), Brayden Schenn (33)1–001:54 STL
2nd period
Jordan Kyrou (31)Jakub Vrana (2), Colton Parayko (19)2–004:51 STL
Kasperi Kapanen (10)Pavel Buchnevich (39), Nick Leddy (15)3–009:25 STL- Sammy Blais (6)Torey Krug (22), Brandon Saad (12)4–014:36 STL
3rd period
Martin Fehérváry (6)Alexander Alexeyev (5), Sonny Milano (20)4–105:47 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (5)Alex Ovechkin (28), Rasmus Sandin (25)4–217:14 WSH · PPG
Brayden Schenn (18)Nick Leddy (16)5–218:21 STL · EN
Team stats
STLWSH
22Shots on goal34
36%Faceoff %64%
0/1Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes2
16Hits20
23Blocked shots7
6Giveaways17
9Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 06:58
Nick Leddy · tripping2 min - 1st 15:56
Aliaksei Protas · holding2 min - 2nd 17:37Kasperi Kapanen · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:31Colton Parayko · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:35Justin Faulk · slashing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Brayden SchennC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 79Sammy BlaisL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:29 |
| 4Nick LeddyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 15Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 25Jordan KyrouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 13Alexey ToropchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 17Josh LeivoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 18Robert ThomasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 22Logan BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 26Nathan WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:47 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 72Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 24:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Joel HoferG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 4 | 21:00 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:41 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:32 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:14 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:18 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 18Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 58:06 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |