The Washington Capitals dropped another at home as they fell 5-2 to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Washington had more trouble finding the back of the net after using up all their shooting luck last weekend.
Another not great game against a second desperate Western Conference team.
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- I’m not sure the Capitals really ever got their game going in this one, which makes that two in a row of the same stuff for the most part. St. Louis really clogged up shooting lanes and kept the Caps to the outside, only giving up four five-on-five high-danger chances to Washington. The Caps have only had fewer in five games this season.
- Really rough night for the first line duo of Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome. They finished a combined minus-8 and really struggled defensively at five-on-five. With Ovechkin on the ice, the Caps saw negative differentials in shot attempts (-4), scoring chances (-3), and high-danger chances (-5).
- Charlie Lindgren also didn’t have his best in the loss, giving up four goals on just 18 shots. Per MoneyPuck, he allowed 1.9 more goals than expected.
Taylor Raddysh tallied the primary assist on Dubois' goal, his 19th assist of the season. Raddysh has recorded nine assists in 12 career games against St. Louis, marking the most assists he has collected against a single opponent.
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- Jakub Vrana got in his first game action since January 6. He saw a team-low 9:22 of ice time and recorded one shot on goal, two individual shot attempts, one individual scoring chance, and one hit.
- The Capitals had not lost in regulation at home since November 23 before falling 3-1 to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. They’ve now lost two in a row at home in regulation in just three days. The back-to-back regulation losses were also their first overall since December 16th and 17th.
- Connor McMichael scored his 21st goal of the season and his third in two games against the Blues. He is on pace for 29 goals this year.
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