Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues

Sunday, October 1, 2017, 3:00 PM ET Scottrade Center, St. Louis Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4–3 on Sunday, October 1, 2017 on the road.

Final score, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Washington Capitals	4	49-26-7
at St. Louis Blues	3	44-32-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	1	1	2	4
St. Louis Blues	1	2	0	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	9	9	3	21
St. Louis Blues	4	14	5	23

Three stars

B. Connolly, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)
W. Megan, St. Louis Blues (1 goal)
D. Smith-Pelly, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:29	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson (2)	Brett Connolly (2), Lars Eller (2)	Even strength	WSH 1, STL 0
1st	11:34	St. Louis Blues	Wade Megan (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	WSH 1, STL 1
2nd	05:03	St. Louis Blues	Dmitrij Jaskin (1)	Kyle Brodziak (1), Robert Bortuzzo (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, STL 2
2nd	07:55	Washington Capitals	Devante Smith-Pelly (2)	Alex Chiasson (1), Matt Niskanen (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, STL 2
2nd	13:45	St. Louis Blues	Brayden Schenn (1)	Sammy Blais (2)	Power play	WSH 2, STL 3
3rd	03:40	Washington Capitals	John Carlson (1)	Alex Ovechkin (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)	Even strength	WSH 3, STL 3
3rd	15:34	Washington Capitals	Brett Connolly (1)	Devante Smith-Pelly (2), Matt Niskanen (2)	Even strength	WSH 4, STL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Stat	Washington Capitals	St. Louis Blues
Shots on goal	21	23
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 7
Penalty minutes	29	8
Hits	22	19
Blocked shots	12	13
Giveaways	3	0
Takeaways	5	9
Faceoffs won	31/58 (53.4%)	27/58 (46.6%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		15:25
Number 10 B. Connolly	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0		09:21
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		10:59
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	47.6%	17:55
Number 20 L. Eller	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	69.2%	14:32
Number 25 D. Smith-Pelly	R	1	1	2	+2	2	3	2	0	100%	13:09
Number 39 A. Chiasson	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	100%	13:16
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	17	2	3	0		06:48
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	50%	15:10
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		18:30
Number 83 J. Beagle	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	50%	14:25
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	57.1%	16:06
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+2	0	4	1	2		25:55
Number 4 T. Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		14:17
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		25:49
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	5	2		19:32
Number 55 A. Ness	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		12:48
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	1	0	1	+1	4	4	0	1		20:20

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 B. Holtby	23	20	3	.870	60:00	Win

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 B. Schenn	C	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	0	1	50%	20:28
Number 22 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0		06:59
Number 23 D. Jaskin	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	3	1	0		14:05
Number 28 K. Brodziak	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0	33.3%	10:56
Number 32 T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		21:49
Number 37 K. Kostin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100%	07:13
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	22.2%	11:46
Number 56 M. Paajarvi	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		18:12
Number 61 W. Megan	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0	66.7%	11:43
Number 64 S. Blais	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	0		17:02
Number 70 O. Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50%	15:13
Number 71 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	33.3%	21:13
Number 4 C. Gunnarsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:13
Number 6 J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2	0		20:09
Number 29 V. Dunn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		21:36
Number 41 R. Bortuzzo	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	3	0		16:54
Number 46 J. Walman	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0		18:55
Number 55 C. Parayko	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1	0		26:02

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 J. Allen	21	17	4	.810	58:32	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:21	St. Louis Blues	Robert Bortuzzo	Boarding	2
1st	09:11	Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky	Hooking	2
1st	12:32	St. Louis Blues	Chris Thorburn	Roughing	2
1st	12:32	Washington Capitals	Brooks Orpik	Roughing	2
1st	12:32	St. Louis Blues	Chris Thorburn	Roughing	2
2nd	01:45	Washington Capitals	John Carlson	Slashing	2
2nd	09:11	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Holding	2
2nd	13:02	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	High sticking	2
2nd	17:39	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Boarding (major)	5
2nd	17:39	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	17:39	St. Louis Blues	Brayden Schenn	Roughing	2
2nd	18:44	Washington Capitals	John Carlson	Slashing	2
3rd	08:57	Washington Capitals	Devante Smith-Pelly	Hooking	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
St. Louis Blues head coach: Mike Yeo
Referees: Thomas John Luxmore, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Jonny Murray
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, John Albert, Anthony Peluso, Zach Sill, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Tyler Graovac, Chandler Stephenson, Robert Baillargeon, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Liam O'Brien, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Madison Bowey, Nathan Walker, Wayne Simpson, MacKenzie Shields, Pheonix Copley, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Jonas Siegenthaler, Connor Hobbs, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Tim McGauley, Mark Simpson, Adam Carlson, Lucas Johansen, Beck Malenstyn, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Damien Riat, Chase Priskie, Dmitriy Zaitsev, Tanner Jeannot, Mason Mitchell, Kris Bindulis, Hampus Gustafsson, Stephen Collins, Jimmy Devito, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Brendan Semchuk, Mathias Bau
St. Louis Blues scratches: Dimitri Semin, Jay Bouwmeester, Alexander Steen, Konstantin Barulin, Evgeny Skachkov, Andrei Pervyshin, Victor Alexandrov, Paul Stastny, Chris Butler, Patrik Berglund, Alex Pietrangelo, Nate Prosser, Beau Bennett, Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz, Jordan Binnington, Jordan Schmaltz, Mackenzie MacEachern, Petteri Lindbohm, Thomas Vannelli, Zachary Sanford, Robby Fabbri, Conner Bleackley, Ville Husso, Austin Poganski, Dwyer Tschantz, Dmitrii Sergeev, Adam Musil, Luke Opilka, Niko Mikkola, Justin Selman, Tanner Kaspick, Jordan Kyrou, Evan Fitzpatrick, Filip Helt, Nolan Stevens, Nikolaj Krag Christensen, Robert Thomas, David Noel, Trenton Bourque, Anton Andersson, Alexey Toropchenko

2017-2018 season series

Every Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
St. Louis Blues 4 at Washington Capitals 0	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals, Fri, Sep 22, 2017
Washington Capitals 4 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues, Sun, Oct 1, 2017

Other NHL games on Oct 1

Other NHL games on Sunday, October 1, 2017
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Sun, Oct 1, 2017
San Jose Sharks 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 3	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights, Sun, Oct 1, 2017