Thursday night, the Washington Capitals defeated the St. Louis Blues 7-3 at Scottrade Center. To celebrate, the team was treated to a special performance inside the locker room by Marcus Johansson’s father Lars.
By Ian Oland 6 years ago
After scoring 500 goals and tallying 1,000 points, Alex Ovechkin joined two exclusive clubs full of NHL legends and Hall of Famers. 10 days ago, Ovechkin tied one of the game’s most iconic players, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, for 28th all time in NHL goals.
On Thursday, Ovechkin tied and then later passed HOF’er Lanny McDonald in points to move into 82nd place on the all time NHL scoring list.
The Washington Capitals are absolutely on fire, folks. After scoring seven goals against the Penguins Monday, the Caps went out and did it again against the St. Louis Blues.
Let me hit you up with some asinine stats. The Caps have scored five or more goals in eight of their last 11 games. They’ve also scored six or more goals in four of their last nine.
According to Tarik El-Bashir, 18 different Capitals have scored during the last 11 games. According to Ben Raby, the Caps have scored 25 times in the last four games and none of those tallies have come from Alex Ovechkin’s stick (6 assists).
Thursday in St. Louis, the Capitals chased goaltender Jake Allen twice. In the same game. Every Caps forward tallied a point by the second period.
I’m thinking this good luck can’t last forever so let’s enjoy this while it lasts. Here are all the Capitals goals from tonight.
During a Papa John’s commercial that he filmed in late 2016, Alex Ovechkin revealed that his dream as a child was to be a pizza delivery guy.
Well, after the Caps destroyed the St. Louis Blues 7-3 at Scottrade Center Thursday night, Ovechkin wanted pizza delivered to his belly ASAP.
The Caps and their dads rolled into St Louis looking to bounce back from Monday’s loss to the Pens. The Blues came out firing but Andre Burakovsky put the Caps up 1-0 after his curious shot selection was rewarded. Soon after. Jay Beagle continued his career season and put the Caps up 2-0.
Nineteen seconds into the second period, the Blues were rewarded for playing better then the Caps in the first 20 minutes and made the game 2-1. TJ Oshie, who has never scored 30 goals in a season, put the Caps back on top by two before the period was five minutes old. A few minutes later, Brett Connolly, who is one-third of the best third line in hockey, put the good guys up 4-1 and Allen was pulled again. Before Carter Hutton could even introduce himself, noted jerk Marcus Johasson rudely scored his first goal of 2017 to put the Caps up 5-1. Justin Williams added a PP goal for good measure to put the Caps up 6-1 before the end of the second.
Evgeny Kuznetsov made it 7-1 on a fluky deflection bank shot that he totally meant to do. The Caps gave the Blues a couple sympathy goals before it was over.
CAPS WIN 7-3!
By Patrick Holden 6 years ago
You thought the Penguins’ win on Monday would end Washington’s ridiculous scoring fortune? You were sooooo wrong. Every Caps forward is on the scoreboard in Thursday’s game against the Blues, which isn’t even over yet.
By Peter Hassett 6 years ago
Former Blue TJ Oshie has had a happy homecoming in St Louis with this lovely goal in the second period.
And check out the proud papa.
Jake Allen is having a rough January. He’d been pulled twice already with a .857 save percentage.
And then those meanies Andre Burakovsky and Jay Beagle had to be bullies, which led to a curious series of events.
Now that all of our hearts have slowed down from the last game, let’s try for a new streak tonight. Tonight, the Capitals (and their dads) are in St. Louis to face the Blues. While the Caps try to regain their momentum, the Blues have hit a drought with their golden boy, Vladimir Tarasenko. He has gone five games without scoring a goal. Most notably on the Capitals side, John Carlson is officially out after suffering from a lower-body injury last weekend. There is also a possibility that he might not play during the Dallas game as well.
Puck drop is at 8:00 PM.
| Team | Record | SA% | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Blues | 23-17-5 | 51.2% | 99.4 | 22.2% | 84.8% |
| Washington Capitals | 29-9-6 | 53.3% | 103.0 | 18.6% | 86.0% |
By Elyse Bailey 6 years ago
