Capitals 4-3 Blues (7 Jan, 2018) Box Score

St. Louis Blues

26-16-3, 11-8-3 away

	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	2	1	0	3
WSH	1	0	2	1	4

Washington Capitals

26-13-3, 17-5-0 home

St. Louis Blues


forwards
I. Barbashev C
P. Berglund C
K. Brodziak C
M. Paajarvi LW
B. Schenn C
V. Sobotka LW
P. Stastny C
A. Steen LW
V. Tarasenko RW
T. Thompson RW
C. Thorburn RW
S. Upshall RW
defensemen
R. Bortuzzo D
J. Bouwmeester D
J. Edmundson D
C. Gunnarsson D
C. Parayko D
A. Pietrangelo D

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	17:33	0:00	0:00	17:33	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	23	14:33	0:49	0:21	13:23	5	2	71.4
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	20	12:12	0:00	1:37	10:35	5	8	38.5
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	10:18	0:00	1:30	8:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	19:04	1:55	0:00	17:09	7	8	46.7
0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	18:46	0:49	2:37	15:20	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	21:52	1:55	1:13	18:44	17	7	70.8
1	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	20:24	1:55	1:13	17:16	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	30	22:11	1:55	0:00	20:16	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	12:17	0:49	0:00	11:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	4:58	0:00	0:00	4:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	11:01	0:00	2:09	8:52	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	13	11:26	0:00	0:00	11:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	25	22:46	0:00	2:38	20:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	29	23:13	0:49	2:30	19:54	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	16	11:17	0:01	0:00	11:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	30	25:26	0:48	2:42	21:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	28	28:14	1:55	2:50	23:29	0	0	0.0

goalies
C. Hutton G

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	4	29	.879	0	0	0	0	0	64:17	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
N. Backstrom C
J. Beagle C
A. Burakovsky LW
A. Chiasson RW
B. Connolly RW
L. Eller C
E. Kuznetsov C
T.J. Oshie RW
A. Ovechkin LW
D. Smith-Pelly RW
J. Vrana LW
T. Wilson RW
defensemen
M. Bowey D
J. Carlson D
C. Djoos D
M. Niskanen D
D. Orlov D
B. Orpik D

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	26	22:40	4:08	0:21	18:11	8	13	38.1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:22	0:00	0:46	9:36	9	5	64.3
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:52	1:12	0:00	9:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	11:27	0:00	1:33	9:54	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	19	14:43	2:20	0:00	12:23	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	17:01	1:12	1:03	14:46	5	6	45.5
0	0	-1	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	19	18:31	4:08	0:00	14:23	3	8	27.3
0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	19:28	3:00	0:34	15:54	1	1	50.0
1	1	-1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	27	22:50	4:59	0:00	17:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	14:52	0:00	0:15	14:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	13:50	0:00	0:00	13:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	16	14:41	0:00	0:56	13:45	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:15	0:00	0:00	11:15	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	27	26:30	4:05	1:30	20:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	13:38	0:00	0:00	13:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	26	24:19	0:21	1:14	22:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	4	2	0	25	26:34	1:15	1:00	24:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:02	0:00	1:44	15:18	0	0	0.0

goalies
B. Holtby G

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	3	31	.912	0	0	0	0	0	63:49	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Blues	0	2	1	0	3
	Capitals	1	0	2	1	4

1st Period			STL	WSH
13:15		Brett Connolly (9) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (18), John Carlson (28)	0	1

2nd Period			STL	WSH
1:18		Vladimir Tarasenko (18) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ivan Barbashev (2), Joel Edmundson (8)	1	1
5:02		Alex Steen (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Brayden Schenn (26), Alex Pietrangelo (22)	2	1

3rd Period		STL	WSH
8:00	Alex Ovechkin (27) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (29), Nicklas Backstrom (26)	2	2
10:49	Lars Eller (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (14), Madison Bowey (9)	2	3
15:51	Carl Gunnarsson (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Patrik Berglund (2), Tage Thompson (2)	3	3

OT Summary			STL	WSH
4:17		Nicklas Backstrom (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (15)	3	4

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Blues
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

7/1

Capitals
4
Blues
2

Game 2

3/4

Capital One Arena

8:00 PM, 7 January 2018

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Francis Charron
Kyle Rehman

Linesmen:
Tim Nowak
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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