Capitals' playoff hopes take another hit with loss to Blues

— Sammy Blais scored twice, Joel Hofer made 33 saves in his season debut and the St. Louis Blues dealt the Washington Capitals a significant blow in their long-shot bid for a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory Friday night.
Mar 17, 2023, 10:10 pm - AP
NHLPP|ESPN+123T
Blues1315
Capitals0022
1st PeriodSTLWSH
1:54Sammy Blais (5)
Assists: Brandon Saad (11), Brayden Schenn (33)
10
2nd PeriodSTLWSH
4:51Jordan Kyrou (31)
Assists: Jakub Vrana (2), Colton Parayko (19)
20
9:25Kasperi Kapanen (10)
Assists: Pavel Buchnevich (39), Nick Leddy (15)
30
14:36Sammy Blais (6)
Assists: Torey Krug (22), Brandon Saad (12)
40
3rd PeriodSTLWSH
5:47Martin Fehervary (6)
Assists: Alexander Alexeyev (5), Sonny Milano (20)
41
17:14Nicklas Backstrom (5) (Power Play)
Assists: Alex Ovechkin (28), Rasmus Sandin (25)
42
18:21Brayden Schenn (18) (Empty Net)
Assists: Nick Leddy (16)
52

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Matt Irwin hit Logan Brown
  • T.J. Oshie hit Colton Parayko
  • Martin Fehervary hit Kasperi Kapanen
  • Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Conor Sheary Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom
  • Craig Smith Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Giveaway by T.J. Oshie
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Slap Shot Wide of Net
  • Marco Scandella shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom
  • Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Nic Dowd Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  • Alexander Alexeyev hit Sammy Blais
  • Takeaway by Tom Wilson
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Giveaway by Martin Fehervary
  • Giveaway by Alexander Alexeyev
  • Martin Fehervary hit Pavel Buchnevich
  • Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Giveaway by Nic Dowd
  • Aliaksei Protas Holding against Nick Leddy
  • Pavel Buchnevich shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • Giveaway by Craig Smith
  • Conor Sheary hit Marco Scandella
  • Giveaway by Tom Wilson
  • Martin Fehervary Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Takeaway by Nic Dowd
  • Robert Thomas shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Brandon Saad shot blocked by Gabriel Carlsson
  • Takeaway by Dylan Strome
  • Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom
  • T.J. Oshie hit Alexey Toropchenko
  • Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  • Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Aliaksei Protas Backhand saved by Joel Hofer
  • Alex Ovechkin hit Nick Leddy
  • Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
  • Giveaway by Sonny Milano
  • Torey Krug shot blocked by Sonny Milano
  • Nicklas Backstrom Tip-In Wide of Net
  • Craig Smith Slap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Gabriel Carlsson Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Conor Sheary Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Slap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Rasmus Sandin hit Alexey Toropchenko
  • Justin Faulk shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
  • Aliaksei Protas hit Torey Krug
  • Alexander Alexeyev hit Pavel Buchnevich
  • Sonny Milano Snap Shot Over Net
  • Giveaway by Sonny Milano
  • Logan Brown shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jordan Kyrou
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Robert Thomas
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Robert Thomas
  • Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide of Net
  • Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
  • Nicklas Backstrom Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Conor Sheary Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Martin Fehervary hit Robert Thomas
  • Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Martin Fehervary hit Kasperi Kapanen
  • Giveaway by Matt Irwin
  • Giveaway by Matt Irwin
  • Martin Fehervary hit Nathan Walker
  • Craig Smith hit Alexey Toropchenko
  • Matt Irwin hit Kasperi Kapanen
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Martin Fehervary Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Alexander Alexeyev (5), Sonny Milano (20)
  • Sonny Milano Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Alexander Alexeyev Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • Alexander Alexeyev Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Takeaway by Tom Wilson
  • T.J. Oshie Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Martin Fehervary hit Brayden Schenn
  • Matt Irwin Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Robert Thomas
  • T.J. Oshie Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Brayden Schenn
  • Dylan Strome Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov Snap Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Martin Fehervary hit Brandon Saad
  • Takeaway by Craig Smith
  • Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie
  • T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Pavel Buchnevich
  • Nicklas Backstrom Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (28), Rasmus Sandin (25)
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Joel Hofer
  • Dylan Strome Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Jordan Kyrou Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Sammy Blais Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Saad (11), Brayden Schenn (33)
  • Nathan Walker hit Matt Irwin
  • Pavel Buchnevich faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Pavel Buchnevich hit Martin Fehervary
  • Takeaway by Jordan Kyrou
  • Jordan Kyrou Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Takeaway by Jordan Kyrou
  • Brayden Schenn Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Nick Leddy
  • Giveaway by Robert Thomas
  • Brayden Schenn faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
  • Pavel Buchnevich faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Nick Leddy Tripping against T.J. Oshie
  • Brayden Schenn faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Marco Scandella hit Tom Wilson
  • Jordan Kyrou Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Jordan Kyrou
  • Alexey Toropchenko hit Matt Irwin
  • Takeaway by Colton Parayko
  • Takeaway by Colton Parayko
  • Takeaway by Jakub Vrana
  • Robert Bortuzzo hit T.J. Oshie
  • Logan Brown faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Robert Thomas faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Robert Thomas faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Colton Parayko Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jakub Vrana Snap Shot Off Goalpost
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Brandon Saad
  • Brandon Saad Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Sammy Blais hit T.J. Oshie
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Marco Scandella
  • Robert Thomas faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Justin Faulk Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Robert Thomas Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Sammy Blais Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Brayden Schenn
  • Pavel Buchnevich faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom
  • Alexey Toropchenko Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Torey Krug
  • Jakub Vrana Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Sammy Blais Backhand saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Colton Parayko
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Alexey Toropchenko
  • Jordan Kyrou Goal (31) Snap Shot, assists: Jakub Vrana (2), Colton Parayko (19)
  • Craig Smith shot blocked by Marco Scandella
  • Brayden Schenn faceoff won against Tom Wilson
  • Sammy Blais hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Justin Faulk Slap Shot Wide of Net
  • Jakub Vrana hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Nick Leddy Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Kasperi Kapanen Goal (10) Slap Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (39), Nick Leddy (15)
  • Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Torey Krug
  • Sammy Blais hit Dylan Strome
  • Giveaway by Justin Faulk
  • Brayden Schenn faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Justin Faulk Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Brandon Saad Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Justin Faulk Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Sammy Blais Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Torey Krug (22), Brandon Saad (12)
  • Nathan Walker hit Craig Smith
  • Logan Brown Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Nathan Walker hit Martin Fehervary
  • Alexander Alexeyev shot blocked by Alexey Toropchenko
  • Kasperi Kapanen Holding against Martin Fehervary
  • Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
  • Tom Wilson shot blocked by Colton Parayko
  • Tom Wilson shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
  • Pavel Buchnevich faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Pavel Buchnevich Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Kasperi Kapanen Backhand saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Pavel Buchnevich faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Marco Scandella hit T.J. Oshie
  • Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Brandon Saad
  • Takeaway by Joel Hofer
  • Dylan Strome shot blocked by Marco Scandella
  • Takeaway by Robert Thomas
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
  • Brayden Schenn faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Alexander Alexeyev shot blocked by Sammy Blais
  • Kasperi Kapanen Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jakub Vrana Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Colton Parayko
  • Nathan Walker hit Gabriel Carlsson
  • Logan Brown hit Conor Sheary
  • Pavel Buchnevich Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Kasperi Kapanen hit Gabriel Carlsson
  • Colton Parayko hit Sonny Milano
  • Sonny Milano shot blocked by Colton Parayko
  • Colton Parayko Hi-sticking against Tom Wilson
  • Takeaway by Robert Thomas
  • Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Justin Faulk
  • Takeaway by Colton Parayko
  • Tom Wilson shot blocked by Marco Scandella
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Alexey Toropchenko
  • T.J. Oshie shot blocked by Marco Scandella
  • Justin Faulk Slashing against Tom Wilson
  • Nicklas Backstrom shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
  • Giveaway by Robert Thomas
  • Brayden Schenn Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Leddy (16)
BLUES
CAPITALS
Show Filters