Washington Capitals (24-11-3 51pts) v. St. Louis Blues (15-18-4 34pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals did not learn their lesson against the Nashville Predators from the other day as they started off their 3 game road trip in St. Louis and left feeling the Blues as they did not play a full 60 minutes and were dominated during the second half the game for the second straight game. The Capitals were horribly dominated in the faceoff circle and were not moving their legs to generate any scoring chances in the second half of the game. The Capitals need to turn it around when they face the Dallas Stars tomorrow night.
We can't wait for the #NHLAllStar Game in 2020. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/YwNsglDwJ6
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 4, 2019
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie
Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly
Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Dmitrij Jaskin
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Matt Niskanen — Dmitry Orlov
Brooks Orpik — Madison Bowey
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Devante Smith-Pelly, Travis Boyd, Jonas Siegenthaler
Injured: Christian Djoos (leg)
Boys looking to stay hot on the road. THE LINES! #ALLCAPS #CapsBlues News / Notes: https://t.co/oIxuxwtXPy pic.twitter.com/Ft4rgnXHGA
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 4, 2019
St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Robert Thomas
Alexander Steen — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron
Robby Fabbri — Tyler Bozak — Pat Maroon
Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist
Jay Bouwmeester — Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson — Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo
Carl Gunnarsson
Jake Allen
Evan Fitzpatrick
Scratched: Jordan Schmaltz, Zach Sanford
Injured: Vladimir Tarasenko (illness)
First Period:
Blues Penalty – :46 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Tripping
Blues Goal – 4:00 – Robert Thomas (4) from Robert Bortuzzo (4) and Jaden Schwartz (12)
Robert Thomas, you R2 good to us. #stlblues #StarWarsNight pic.twitter.com/EB3Bh3OycX
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 4, 2019
Capitals Penalty – 6:49 – Brooks Orpik double minor for High Sticking
Capitals Goal – 15:34 – Alex Ovechkin (30) from Michal Kempny (9) and John Carlson (33)
First to 30! #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/CnD1y0AkcP
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 4, 2019
Blues Penalty – 16:47 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 1st – WAS – 1 STL – 1
Shots 13 09
Faceoffs 08 07
Hits 04 02
PP 0/2 0/2
Second Period:
Capitals Penalty – 2:13 – Tom Wilson 5 minute major for Fighting
Blues Penalty – 2:13 – Robert Bortuzzo 5 minute major for Fighting
Capitals Goal – 3:00 – Brett Connolly (9) from Lars Eller (12) and Michal Kempny (10)
Pro tip: pickup your own rebounds #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/NPqqH15mPI
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 4, 2019
Blues Penalty – 5:29 – David Perron 2 minutes for Slashing
Capitals Penalty – 8:48 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Roughing
Blues Penalty – 8:48 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Roughing
Capitals Penalty – 10:37 – Matt Niskanen 2 minutes for Holding
Capitals Penalty – 11:59 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Holding
Blues Penalty – 11:59 – Pat Maroon 2 minutes for Tripping
Blues PPG – 12:23 – Colton Parayko (8) from Ryan O’Reilly (21) and David Perron (13)
C3-Parayko comes up HUGE!!! #stlblues #StarWarsNight pic.twitter.com/a7ZEIRJY1O
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 4, 2019
Capitals Penalty – 13:19 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking
Blues Goal – 16:33 – Oskar Sundqvist (7) from Ivan Barbashev (6) and Alex Pietrangelo (8)
Diving, backhand.Forecast: Sunny.#stlblues pic.twitter.com/JDKjgM3xD6
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 4, 2019
End of 2nd – WAS – 2 STL – 3
Shots 23 28
Faceoffs 13 20
Hits 10 05
PP 0/3 1/4
Third Period:
Blues Goal – 5:44 – Alex Pietrangelo (5) from David Perron (14) and Carl Gunnarsson (1)
Atta boy, captain. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/qUWOZxdego
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 4, 2019
Blues Goal – 11:08 – Tyler Bozak (6) from unassisted
BOOM! #stlblues pic.twitter.com/otuludiBej
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 4, 2019
End of 3rd – WAS – 2 STL – 5
Shots 25 42
Faceoffs 15 32
Hits 16 14
PP 0/3 1/4
Couple legends pic.twitter.com/Wm0RirjR8L
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 4, 2019
Next Up:
Washington (24-12-3 51pts) @ Dallas (21-16-4 46pts)
St. Louis (16-18-4 36pts) v. NY Islanders (22-13-4 48pts)
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