Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues

Friday, September 27, 2019, 8:00 PM ET Enterprise Center, St. Louis Preseason Final

Final score

The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Friday, September 27, 2019 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Washington Capitals	3	41-20-8
at St. Louis Blues	4	42-19-10

Goals by period

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

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	7	11	27
St. Louis Blues	7	11	7	25

Three stars

J. Schwartz, St. Louis Blues (1 goal, 3 assists)
B. Schenn, St. Louis Blues (1 goal, 2 assists)
V. Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:40	Washington Capitals	Travis Boyd (2)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, STL 0
1st	10:11	Washington Capitals	Carl Hagelin (1)	Lars Eller (2)	Even strength	WSH 2, STL 0
1st	15:37	St. Louis Blues	Jaden Schwartz (2)	Brayden Schenn (4)	Even strength	WSH 2, STL 1
2nd	01:24	St. Louis Blues	Brayden Schenn (1)	Jaden Schwartz (2), Mitch Reinke (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, STL 2
2nd	01:47	St. Louis Blues	Vladimir Tarasenko (1)	Jaden Schwartz (3), Brayden Schenn (5)	Even strength	WSH 2, STL 3
2nd	13:08	St. Louis Blues	Tyler Bozak (2)	Jaden Schwartz (4), Alex Pietrangelo (2)	Power play	WSH 2, STL 4
3rd	05:04	Washington Capitals	Chandler Stephenson (1)	Michael Sgarbossa (1), Christian Djoos (2)	Even strength	WSH 3, STL 4

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	27	25
Power play	0 of 5	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	11	15
Hits	8	27
Blocked shots	6	11
Giveaways	4	3
Takeaways	5	6
Faceoffs won	27/57 (47.4%)	30/57 (52.6%)

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 18 C. Stephenson	C	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	0		18:38
Number 20 L. Eller	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	56.3%	20:01
Number 23 M. Sgarbossa	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	40%	17:12
Number 26 N. Dowd	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	44.4%	11:24
Number 28 B. Leipsic	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		14:32
Number 47 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		10:23
Number 62 C. Hagelin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		16:58
Number 63 S. Gersich	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		16:32
Number 64 B. Pinho	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50%	17:07
Number 72 T. Boyd	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	50%	20:18
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0		05:58
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50%	20:38
Number 3 N. Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		18:37
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		21:59
Number 29 C. Djoos	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		17:56
Number 34 J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		16:32
Number 42 M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:07
Number 78 T. Lewington	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:53

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 B. Holtby	25	21	4	.840	58:09	Loss

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	2	3	+2	2	1	1	2	0	38.5%	16:54
Number 12 Z. Sanford	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	14:28
Number 17 J. Schwartz	L	1	3	4	+2	2	4	0	0	0		15:33
Number 20 A. Steen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:08
Number 21 T. Bozak	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	66.7%	13:47
Number 28 M. MacEachern	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		12:12
Number 36 N. Walker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	4	0	54.5%	15:33
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	45.5%	14:37
Number 53 A. Poganski	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	75%	12:38
Number 71 J. Nolan	C	0	0	0	-2	7	1	2	0	0		11:12
Number 81 R. Olsen	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	6	1	0	40%	13:43
Number 91 V. Tarasenko	R	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	0	0		15:39
Number 19 J. Bouwmeester	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		24:17
Number 27 A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	1	0		25:03
Number 39 M. Reinke	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:51
Number 68 A. Borgman	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0		17:09
Number 72 J. Faulk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1	0		22:10
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		13:06

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 V. Husso	27	24	3	.889	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:54	St. Louis Blues	Jaden Schwartz	Tripping	2
1st	17:52	St. Louis Blues	Ryan Olsen	High sticking	2
2nd	01:50	Washington Capitals	Liam O'Brien	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	01:50	St. Louis Blues	Jordan Nolan	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	04:31	St. Louis Blues	Alex Pietrangelo	Slashing	2
2nd	09:52	St. Louis Blues	Brayden Schenn	Roughing	2
2nd	13:02	Washington Capitals	Michael Sgarbossa	Slashing	2
3rd	00:16	Washington Capitals	Nick Jensen	Holding	2
3rd	00:46	Washington Capitals	Chandler Stephenson	Hooking	2
3rd	03:04	St. Louis Blues	Jordan Nolan	Slashing	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Todd Reirden
St. Louis Blues head coach: Craig Berube
Referees: Tim Peel, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Brian Mach
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, Richard Panik, Radko Gudas, Garrett Haar, Tom Wilson, Sergey Kostenko, Philippe Maillet, Pheonix Copley, Garnet Hathaway, Jakub Vrana, Connor Hobbs, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Lucas Johansen, Michal Kempny, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Damien Riat, Kris Bindulis, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Riley Sutter, Kody Clark, Eric Florchuk, Alexander Alexeyev, Alex Kannok-Leipert, Mitchell Gibson, Joe Snively, Bobby Nardella, Brett Leason, Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, Martin Has
St. Louis Blues scratches: Dimitri Semin, Konstantin Barulin, Evgeny Skachkov, Andrei Pervyshin, Victor Alexandrov, David Perron, Carl Gunnarsson, Robert Bortuzzo, Jake Allen, Ryan O'Reilly, Jordan Binnington, Derrick Pouliot, Colton Parayko, Oskar Sundqvist, Joey Laleggia, Jake Dotchin, Robby Fabbri, Jake Walman, Dakota Joshua, Sammy Blais, Evan Polei, Vince Dunn, Erik Foley, Nick Lappin, Tanner Kaspick, Jordan Kyrou, Evan Fitzpatrick, Filip Helt, Nolan Stevens, Nikolaj Krag Christensen, Klim Kostin, Robert Thomas, Mike Vecchione, Anton Andersson, Alexey Toropchenko, Joel Hofer, Mathias Laferriere, Tyler Tucker, Scott Perunovich, Hugh McGing, Jake Christiansen, Robby Jackson, Nikita Alexandrov, Colten Ellis, Keean Washkurak, Vadim Zherenko, Jeremy Michel

2019-2020 season series

Every Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues 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 27

Other NHL games on Friday, September 27, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
New Jersey Devils 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets, Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Nashville Predators 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings, Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights, Fri, Sep 27, 2019