Game Recap – 1/14/2019 – St. Louis Blues v. Washington Capitals

St. Louis Blues (19-20-4 42pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-12-5 59pts)

 

Game Recap:

After a slow start to the game, the Washington Capitals would get an opportunity when St. Louis Blues defender Vince Dunn would be called for boarding Brett Connolly, and after a sloppy start to the powerplay it would be Alex Ovechkin scoring his 33rd of the season on the powerplay to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead. After that powerplay goal, it would become an uneventful period for the Capitals as they would be forced into their own zone for a good amount of the second half of the period. It should also be noted that when the Capitals scored it was their second shot of the game after the Blues already had 7 on Pheonix Copley.

Taking the lead into the 2nd period 💪#CapsBlues FIRST INTERMISSION UPDATE presented by @CareFirst : #Caps 1 – Blues 0 #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/XYPtiLPaeR

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2019

 

To start the period it would be the Blues tying the game at one a piece when Ivan Barbashev snuck one glove slide along the post to beat Copley. However, the wound would be opened wider as Vince Dunn would shoot the puck that would take three weird bounces before going in, and then Ryan O’Reilly would be called for Tripping, but as soon as the penalty ended the Capitals would play poorly in their zone and David Perron would extend his point streak when he scored to give the Blues a 3-1 lead.

3 in 4:42. #stlblues

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

This period would see the Capitals generate some chances, but nothing substantial before the end of the 2nd period.

We liked that. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/zzvORvWf4F

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

 

For the third period we would see about the same, plus a Blues powerplay goal by Vladimir Tarasenko to ice the game for the Blues over the Capitals 4-1.

BLUES WIN!!!! (all caps)

That’s three straight wins and a regular-season series sweep against the defending champs. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/irRsL1j6Ea

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

 

1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣!

A grand night for #Orp1k

Congrats, Brooksie pic.twitter.com/Yq0iJEtzhy

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2019

 

Lineups:

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

Zach Sanford — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

Pat Maroon — Oskar Sundqvist — Jordan Kyruo

Jordan Nolan — Ivan Barbashev — Sammy Blais

Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

Jake Allen

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Mackenzie MacEachern, Carl Gunnarsson

Injured: Tyler Bozak (upper body), Alexander Steen (shoulder), Robert Thomas (upper body)

 

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

Brett Connolly — Lars Eller — Andre Burakovsky

Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Devante Smith-Pelly

Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

Michal Kempny — John Carlson

Brooks Orpik — Madison Bowey

Pheonix Copley

Braden Holtby

Scratched: Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Jonas Siegenthaler

Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

BROOKS #ORP1K!! CONGRATS 44! #ALLCAPS #CapsBlues News / Notes: https://t.co/6PRXJ647wf pic.twitter.com/ZhSaBKzd4e

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 14, 2019

 

First Period:

Blues Penalty – 6:14 – Vince Dunn 2 minutes for Boarding

Capitals PPG – 7:50 – Alex Ovechkin (33) from Dmitry Orlov (11) and Travis Boyd (9)

Thirty-Three! @ovi8 #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/uAzRwnkyFY

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2019

 

End of 1st – STL – 0       WAS – 1

Shots              14                07

Faceoffs         08                07

Hits               07                  07

PP                 0/0                 1/1

 

Second Period:

Blues Goal – 3:18 – Ivan Barbashev (6) from unassisted

It didn't look like there was much room there, but Ivan Barbashev found some. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/VkGygGMp3t

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

Blues Goal – 5:11 – Vince Dunn (4) from Vladimir Tarasenko (14) and Jaden Schwartz (16)

This goal belongs to Vince Dunn. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/hYuX3Kg1mf

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

Blues Penalty – 5:22 – Ryan O’Reilly 2 minutes for Tripping

Blues Goal – 8:00 – David Perron (16) from Vince Dunn (15) and Ryan O’Reilly (27)

Points in 11 straight games!!!!! David Perron is unstoppable! #stlblues pic.twitter.com/QRR3Y6VFcb

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

Blues Penalty – 15:00 – Pat Maroon 2 minutes fro Roughing

Capitals Penalty – 15:00 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Roughing

 

End of 2nd – STL – 3        WAS – 1

Shots               28                 20

Faceoffs          20                 14

Hits                 16                  19

PP                   0/0                  1/2

 

Third Period:

Capitals Penalty – 2:01 – Matt Niskanen 2 minutes for Hooking

Blues Penalty – 3:07 – Vladimir Tarasenko 2 minutes for Holding

Blues Penalty – 9:26 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Delay of Game

Blues PPG – 10:24 – Vladimir Tarasenko (15) from Ryan O’Reilly (28) and Alex Pietrangelo (12)

Great goal by Vladimir Tarasenko, but look at what Ryan O'Reilly does to make it happen. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/a6ttCE6vfR

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 15, 2019

 

End of 3rd – STL – 4         WAS – 1

Shots              37                   29

Faceoffs        33                    22

Hits               22                     26

PP                 1/2                    1/3

 

Next Up:

Washington (27-13-5 59pts) @ Nashville (27-16-4 58pts)

St. Louis (20-20-4 44pts) @ NY Islanders (25-15-4 54pts)