The Washington Capitals were tough luck losers on Thursday night and come away from their road trip with just one total standings point. That could have been even worse if they didn’t force the Blues to overtime with two late goals to eventually take the 5-4 shootout loss.
Need to string together a handful of games played like those final two periods.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals fell to 7-9-3 after losing to the St. Louis Blues 5-4 in the shootout on Friday.
The Capitals fell behind 3-0 in the first period before finding their game in the second after Alex Ovechkin’s 789th career goal.
The Capitals out-shot the Blues 40-12 in the second and third periods combined. They eventually tied the game 4-4 with a Conor Sheary goal in the third period, forcing overtime, but later fell in the shootout.
The Washington Capitals did battle with the hot St. Louis Blues inside Enterprise Center on Thursday night. To avoid a three-game losing streak, the Caps would need to topple a Blues team that had won four in a row prior to puck drop.
Brayden Schenn, Pavel Buchnevich, and Torey Krug tallied in succession in the first period to give the Blues a big early lead. Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson responded with two second-period strikes to get their team back into the game. Ryan O’Reilly quieted some of that momentum soon after with a nifty roofed backhand.
Carlson struck again on a late power play to make things interesting. Conor Sheary tied things up soon after. Nada in overtime, so shootout bullets.
Blues beat Capitals 5-4.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
This is your place to check for updates and comment along with the Capitals vs. St. Louis Blues game on November 17, 2022.
The Washington Capitals have won only two of their last eight games and are currently sitting 12th in the Eastern Conference.
The Caps will hope to reverse their losing ways against St. Louis where they will conclude their three-game road trip. Charlie Lindgren will get the start in goal over Darcy Kuemper. The Blues have won four-straight games.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington and puck drop is a little after 8 pm.
If you thought the drama from the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche second-round series was over…think again.
Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington was asked Tuesday during the team’s season wrap-up session with the media why exactly he chucked an empty water bottle at Nazem Kadri after Game Three in the series.
He had days to formulate a coherent, reasonable response and this is what he said.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
The Edmonton Oilers now know their Western Conference Final dance partner as the Colorado Avalanche finally put the St. Louis Blues away in six games. In typical NHL playoff fashion, it had to happen in theatrical circumstances.
Avs forward Darren Helm slammed a puck past Blues goaltender Ville Husso with just 5.6 seconds left in regulation to seal the deal. The hockey equivalent of a buzzer-beater gave Colorado a 3-2 lead and sent the Blues to their offseason stunned.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
The Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon seems to always save some of his best hockey for the playoffs and that did not change on Wednesday night in Game Five against the St. Louis Blues. The 26-year-old center recorded the second postseason hat trick of his career and capped it off in tremendous style.
This goal is some coast-to-coast, must-see action.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
St. Louis Blues forward David Perron apparently thought he was “Macho Man” Randy Savage for a period of time in the Blues’ 6-3 Game Four loss to the Colorado Avalanche. Perron lined up Avs forward Nazem Kadri for a flying elbow as the latter was mid-celebration after scoring his second of three goals in Colorado’s round two victory.
Luckily for probably both Perron and Kadri, the elbow whiffed but it’s just the latest moment of heated extracurriculars in a series that has already had the temperature turned up far too much.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
The Colorado Avalanche got some pretty terrible news on Saturday. Head coach Jared Bednar announced to the media that top-four defenseman Samuel Girard has broken his sternum and will be out for the rest of the playoffs.
Girard suffered the injury on a brutal hit behind the net by St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
Things are getting a little spicy in the Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues round two series. Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri felt that heat as he gave a postgame interview to the TNT panel after his team’s big 5-2 win in Game Three.
Blues goaltender and noted hothead Jordan Binnington chucked a water bottle at Kadri as the Avs center was giving an answer about a collision he had with Binnington during the game. Binnington was injured on the play.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
