Washington Capitals (0-0-0 0pts) v. St. Louis Blues (0-0-0 0pts)
Game Recap:
NHL hockey is back and the Washington Capitals start it up on the road as they visit the new defending Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues to start the 2019-20 campaign. The Blues would start everything off with their Banner Raising Ceremony before we would drop the puck.
Play Gloria (one more time). #stlblues #StanleyCup https://t.co/Mi4nyCFJPW
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) October 3, 2019
Once the banner was raised and the puck was dropped it wouldn’t take long for the Blues to strike as 53 seconds into the game Sammy Blais would score the first goal of the 2019-20 season to give the Blues a quick 1-0 lead. Then a little later in the period on a Jonas Siegenthaler slashing penalty, Alex Pietrangelo would net one on the powerplay to give the Blues a 2-0 lead. However, the Capitals would not go quietly as Alex Ovechkin would shoot one past Jordan Binnington to cut the lead to one again, and have the first period end with a 2-1 Blues lead.
Then in the second period the Capitals would be given an opportunity on the powerplay as well as Dmitry Orlov would knuckle puck one past Binnington to tie the game at two a piece. The period would also feature some stellar goaltending from Braden Holtby especially in the opening minutes of the second period.
HoltsStandsOnHead.mp4 pic.twitter.com/DVf7qzO09c
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 3, 2019
In the third period both teams would not score and would send this one to overtime, which a little three minutes would see Jakub Vrana score to seal the Capitals comeback and give them the 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. The next game for the Capitals will be this Friday at 7p ET as they visit the New York Islanders.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana – Lars Eller – TJ Oshie
Carl Hagelin – Chandler Stephenson – Richard Panik
Brandon Leipsic – Nic Dowd – Garnet Hathaway
Jonas Siegenthaler – John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov – Nick Jensen
Martin Fehervary – Radko Gudas
Bradon Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
The lines.#ALLCAPS #CapsBlues @GEICO pic.twitter.com/peNie7UQgr
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 2, 2019
St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarasenko
Sammy Blais – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron
Robby Fabbri – Tyler Bozak – Robert Thomas
Ivan Barbashev – Oscar Sundqvist – Alexander Steen
Alex Pietrangelo – Justin Faulk
Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
First Period:
STL Goal – :53 – Sammy Blais (1) from David Perron (1) and Ryan O’Reilly (1)\
We're just gonna pick up right where we left off. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/6PRtIpPy2b
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) October 3, 2019
WAS Penalty – 6:40 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Slashing
STL PPG – 7:55 – Alex Pietrangelo (1) from Justin Faulk (1) and Ryan O’Reilly (2)
The power-play is 1-for-1! . #stlblues pic.twitter.com/sEVSSzamJC
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) October 3, 2019
STL Penalty – 11:05 – David Perron 2 minutes for High Sticking
WAS Goal – 15:37 – Alex Ovechkin (1) from John Carlson (1) and Lars Eller (1)
SILKYYYY @OVI8 pic.twitter.com/RPhW4pOjzk
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 3, 2019
End of 1st – WAS – 1 STL – 2
Shots 05 07
Faceoffs 10 04
Hits 12 09
PP 0/1 1/1
Second Period:
WAS Penalty – 1:54 – Martin Fehervary 2 minutes for Delay of Game
STL Penalty – 10:35 – Tyler Bozak 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS Goal – 12:28 – Dmitry Orlov (1) from Nick Jensen (1) and Lars Eller (2)
Knucklepuck time pic.twitter.com/krFshIgign
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 3, 2019
End of 2nd – WAS – 2 STL – 2
Shots 20 15
Faceoffs 21 17
Hits 19 19
PP 1/2 1/2
Third Period:
STL Penalty – 3:29 – Jaden Schwartz 2 minutes for High Sticking
End of 3rd – WAS – 2 STL – 2
Shots 30 22
Faceoffs 28 28
Hits 25 23
PP 1/3 1/2
Overtime:
WAS Goal – 2:51 – Jakub Vrana (1) from John Carlson (2) and TJ Oshie (1)
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 3, 2019
End of 3rd – WAS – 3 STL – 2
Shots 34 22
Faceoffs 30 31
Hits 25 23
PP 1/3 1/2
First game 3 ⭐'s of the night!
⭐⭐⭐: @JVranaa
⭐⭐: @ovi8
⭐: Ryan O'Reilly#ALLCAPS #CapsBlues pic.twitter.com/YA7V8R4PEi— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 3, 2019
Next Up:
Washington (1-0-0 2pts) @ NY Islanders (0-0-0 0pts)
St. Louis (0-0-1 1pts) v. Dallas (0-0-0 0pts)
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