St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals

Sunday, September 30, 2018, 3:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at home.

Final score, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2018-2019 record
St. Louis Blues	2	45-28-9
at Washington Capitals	5	48-26-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
St. Louis Blues	0	1	1	2
Washington Capitals	0	1	4	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
St. Louis Blues	6	14	3	23
Washington Capitals	6	11	9	26

Three stars

B. Connolly, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
N. Dowd, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
R. Thomas, St. Louis Blues (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	04:39	St. Louis Blues	Robert Thomas (1)	David Perron (1), Sammy Blais (1)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 0
2nd	17:52	Washington Capitals	Brett Connolly (2)	Lars Eller (2), Jakub Vrana (1)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 1
3rd	00:38	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (4)	Unassisted	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 2
3rd	01:27	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 3
3rd	10:21	St. Louis Blues	Jordan Schmaltz (1)	Ivan Barbashev (1)	Shorthanded	STL 2, WSH 3
3rd	12:47	Washington Capitals	Nic Dowd (1)	Chandler Stephenson (1), Madison Bowey (1)	Even strength	STL 2, WSH 4
3rd	19:19	Washington Capitals	Devante Smith-Pelly (1)	Lars Eller (3), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Even strength, Empty net	STL 2, WSH 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Stat	St. Louis Blues	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	23	26
Power play	0 of 4	0 of 6
Penalty minutes	14	16
Hits	8	14
Blocked shots	12	10
Giveaways	11	7
Takeaways	3	8
Faceoffs won	20/52 (38.5%)	32/52 (61.5%)

Box score

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 Z. Sanford	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	41.7%	18:45
Number 22 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	0	100%	09:52
Number 23 D. Jaskin	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		15:20
Number 32 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	37.5%	11:16
Number 36 R. Thomas	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	44.4%	24:03
Number 37 K. Kostin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		08:42
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	14.3%	18:52
Number 54 A. Musil	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		08:33
Number 57 D. Perron	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1		22:34
Number 62 M. MacEachern	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		08:58
Number 64 S. Blais	L	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	1		18:59
Number 70 O. Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50%	06:56
Number 25 C. Butler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		19:25
Number 29 V. Dunn	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		22:06
Number 39 M. Reinke	D	0	0	0	-1	6	0	1	0		15:39
Number 43 J. Schmaltz	D	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	2		21:45
Number 46 J. Walman	D	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	0		17:41
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		19:00

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Johnson	19	15	4	.789	37:55	Loss
Number 34 J. Allen	6	6	0	1.000	19:39

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	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		18:41
Number 10 B. Connolly	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0		14:13
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		13:33
Number 18 C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:35
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	66.7%	19:16
Number 20 L. Eller	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	66.7%	16:06
Number 25 D. Smith-Pelly	R	1	0	1	+2	0	4	1	1		14:10
Number 26 N. Dowd	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	54.5%	12:20
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0		05:53
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		09:34
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2	100%	19:36
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	50%	21:37
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:39
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		19:52
Number 22 M. Bowey	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	1		16:39
Number 29 C. Djoos	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		14:34
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	5	0		15:29
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		26:13

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 B. Holtby	23	21	2	.913	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:54	Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky	Holding	2
1st	06:18	Washington Capitals	Nic Dowd	Slashing	2
1st	15:02	St. Louis Blues	Sammy Blais	Interference	2
1st	18:07	St. Louis Blues	Mitch Reinke	High sticking	2
1st	18:07	St. Louis Blues	Mitch Reinke	High sticking	2
2nd	05:22	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Match penatly 10 minutes (match)	10
2nd	05:22	St. Louis Blues	Chris Thorburn	Roughing	2
2nd	10:56	St. Louis Blues	Sammy Blais	Slashing	2
2nd	15:42	St. Louis Blues	Mitch Reinke	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	04:11	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Holding	2
3rd	10:13	St. Louis Blues	Niko Mikkola	Holding	2

Game information

St. Louis Blues head coach: Mike Yeo
Washington Capitals head coach: Todd Reirden
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Furman South
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Kory Nagy
St. Louis Blues scratches: Dimitri Semin, Jay Bouwmeester, Alexander Steen, Konstantin Barulin, Evgeny Skachkov, Andrei Pervyshin, Victor Alexandrov, Patrick Maroon, Carl Gunnarsson, Robert Bortuzzo, Alex Pietrangelo, Tyler Bozak, Ryan O'Reilly, Brayden Schenn, Jordan Nolan, Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz, Jordan Binnington, Joel Edmundson, Tyler Wotherspoon, Colton Parayko, Joey Laleggia, Robby Fabbri, Conner Bleackley, Ville Husso, Austin Poganski, Nikita Soshnikov, Luke Opilka, Erik Foley, Tanner Kaspick, Jordan Kyrou, Evan Fitzpatrick, Filip Helt, Nolan Stevens, Nikolaj Krag Christensen, David Noel, Trenton Bourque, Anton Andersson, Alexey Toropchenko, Dominik Bokk, Joel Hofer, Mathias Laferriere, Tyler Tucker, Scott Perunovich, Hugh McGing
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Aaron Ness, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Liam O'Brien, Jayson Megna, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Nathan Walker, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Jonas Siegenthaler, Connor Hobbs, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Lucas Johansen, Beck Malenstyn, Michal Kempny, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Damien Riat, Chase Priskie, Mason Mitchell, Kris Bindulis, Hampus Gustafsson, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Mathias Bau, Riley Sutter, Martin Fehérváry, Kody Clark, Eric Florchuk, Alexander Alexeyev, Juuso Ikonen, Maximilian Kammerer, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Mitchell Gibson, Sergei Shumakov

2018-2019 season series

Every St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals game in the 2018-2019 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 4 at St. Louis Blues 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues, Tue, Sep 25, 2018
St. Louis Blues 2 at Washington Capitals 5	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals, Sun, Sep 30, 2018

Other NHL games on Sep 30

Other NHL games on Sunday, September 30, 2018
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes, Sun, Sep 30, 2018
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Dallas Stars 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, Sun, Sep 30, 2018
San Jose Sharks 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 5	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights, Sun, Sep 30, 2018