St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals

Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 7:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 3–2 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at home.

Final score, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
St. Louis Blues	2	42-19-10
at Washington Capitals	3	41-20-8

Goals by period

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

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	10	9	8	27
Washington Capitals	10	13	10	33

Three stars

N. Backstrom, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)
R. Panik, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
Z. Sanford, 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
1st	13:37	St. Louis Blues	Austin Poganski (1)	Robby Fabbri (1)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 0
2nd	07:15	Washington Capitals	Radko Gudas (1)	Brett Leason (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	Even strength	STL 1, WSH 1
3rd	02:05	St. Louis Blues	Zachary Sanford (1)	Vince Dunn (1)	Power play	STL 2, WSH 1
3rd	19:00	Washington Capitals	Richard Panik (1)	John Carlson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Power play	STL 2, WSH 2
3rd	19:53	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Alex Ovechkin (2), Radko Gudas (1)	Even strength	STL 2, WSH 3

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	27	33
Power play	1 of 6	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	13	17
Hits	16	17
Blocked shots	18	9
Giveaways	3	7
Takeaways	11	8
Faceoffs won	34/60 (56.7%)	26/60 (43.3%)

Box score

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 12 Z. Sanford	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	3	1		18:14
Number 15 R. Fabbri	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0	64.3%	16:23
Number 17 J. Schwartz	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0	66.7%	19:39
Number 21 T. Bozak	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0	60%	20:17
Number 25 N. Lappin	R	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	0		09:47
Number 47 N. Stevens	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:48
Number 53 A. Poganski	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	3	0		17:25
Number 64 E. Polei	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:15
Number 65 A. Toropchenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		10:03
Number 76 C. Darcy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	33.3%	12:24
Number 81 R. Olsen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	54.5%	11:52
Number 91 V. Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	1	0		19:20
Number 29 V. Dunn	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	0		20:02
Number 39 M. Reinke	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	0		20:12
Number 43 R. O'Gara	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:26
Number 46 J. Walman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	0		16:15
Number 55 C. Parayko	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	2	0		23:26
Number 68 A. Borgman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		17:57

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 50 J. Binnington	23	22	1	.957	39:54
Number 85 E. Fitzpatrick	10	8	2	.800	20:00	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals 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 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+1	0	9	2	0	0		19:38
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		14:13
Number 14 R. Panik	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1		16:52
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	52.2%	18:50
Number 24 C. McMichael	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14.3%	13:54
Number 47 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	50%	11:34
Number 49 B. Leason	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:46
Number 59 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42.9%	09:58
Number 62 C. Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0		13:52
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	2	0	60%	19:11
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	50%	17:50
Number 94 D. Riat	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:53
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	1	0		21:40
Number 33 R. Gudas	D	1	1	2	+2	0	3	3	0	0		20:55
Number 36 C. Hobbs	D	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0		15:00
Number 42 M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	0		18:49
Number 46 T. Geisser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	0		15:56
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		20:22

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 I. Samsonov	13	12	1	.923	28:39	Win
Number 41 V. Vanecek	14	13	1	.929	30:38

Penalties

Penalties, St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:08	Washington Capitals	Carl Hagelin	Hooking	2
1st	07:04	St. Louis Blues	Tyler Bozak	Holding	2
2nd	00:58	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Slashing	2
2nd	11:29	Washington Capitals	Connor Hobbs	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:29	St. Louis Blues	Nick Lappin	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	12:11	Washington Capitals	Carl Hagelin	Hooking	2
2nd	13:06	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Hooking	2
2nd	19:05	St. Louis Blues	Vince Dunn	Holding	2
3rd	01:35	Washington Capitals	Connor Hobbs	Interference	2
3rd	04:55	St. Louis Blues	Jaden Schwartz	Tripping	2
3rd	11:31	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Cross checking	2
3rd	17:40	St. Louis Blues	Robby Fabbri	Boarding	2

Game information

St. Louis Blues head coach: Craig Berube
Washington Capitals head coach: Todd Reirden
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik
St. Louis Blues scratches: Dimitri Semin, Jay Bouwmeester, Alexander Steen, Konstantin Barulin, Evgeny Skachkov, Andrei Pervyshin, Victor Alexandrov, David Perron, Carl Gunnarsson, Robert Bortuzzo, Alex Pietrangelo, Jake Allen, Ryan O'Reilly, Brayden Schenn, Jordan Nolan, Joel Edmundson, Derrick Pouliot, Oskar Sundqvist, Mackenzie MacEachern, Joey Laleggia, Jake Dotchin, Nathan Walker, Ivan Barbashev, Ville Husso, Dakota Joshua, Sammy Blais, Erik Foley, Niko Mikkola, Tanner Kaspick, Jordan Kyrou, Filip Helt, Nikolaj Krag Christensen, Klim Kostin, Robert Thomas, Mike Vecchione, Anton Andersson, Dominik Bokk, Joel Hofer, Mathias Laferriere, Tyler Tucker, Scott Perunovich, Hugh McGing, Jake Christiansen, Robby Jackson, Nikita Alexandrov, Colten Ellis, Keean Washkurak, Vadim Zherenko, Jeremy Michel
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Lars Eller, Braden Holtby, Nick Jensen, Nic Dowd, Michael Sgarbossa, Erik Burgdoerfer, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Kale Kessy, Tom Wilson, Brendan Leipsic, Chandler Stephenson, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Liam O'Brien, Tommy Hughes, Steven Whitney, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Philippe Maillet, Pheonix Copley, Chris McCarthy, Garnet Hathaway, Shane Gersich, Hayden Hawkey, Casey Bailey, Jonas Siegenthaler, Colby Williams, Lucas Johansen, Michal Kempny, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Kris Bindulis, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Riley Sutter, Kody Clark, Eric Florchuk, Alexander Alexeyev, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Mitchell Gibson, Matthew Weis, Joe Snively, Mitchell Vanderlaan, Bobby Nardella, Martin Has, Beck Warm

2019-2020 season series

Every St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup	Status	Details
St. Louis Blues 2 at Washington Capitals 3	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Washington Capitals 3 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues, Fri, Sep 27, 2019

Other NHL games on Sep 18

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
New Jersey Devils 4 at New York Rangers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Ottawa Senators 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Minnesota Wild 1 at Winnipeg Jets 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks, Wed, Sep 18, 2019
San Jose Sharks 4 at Calgary Flames 6	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Calgary Flames, Wed, Sep 18, 2019