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FINALCapital One Arena · Sep 18
St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.
Game analysis
Capitals beat Blues 3–2
- N. Backstrom scored the game-winner at 19:53 of the third.
- V. Vanecek stopped 13 of 14 shots (.929) for the win.
- Power play: WSH 1/4, STL 1/6.
- R. Gudas led all scorers with 1 goal and 1 assist.
Three stars
- 1st starN. Backstrom
WSH · 1G 1A
- 2nd starR. Panik
WSH · 1G 0A
- 3rd starZ. Sanford
STL · 1G 0A
Scoring summary
1st
- 13:37STLA. PoganskiAssists: R. Fabbri1–0
2nd
- 7:15WSHR. GudasAssists: B. Leason, A. Ovechkin1–1
3rd
- 2:05STLZ. SanfordPPAssists: V. Dunn2–1
- 19:00WSHR. PanikPPAssists: J. Carlson, N. Backstrom2–2
- 19:53WSHN. BackstromAssists: A. Ovechkin, R. Gudas2–3
Period by Period
Stats not yet available
Team Stats
STLWSH
| Shots | -- | -- |
| Hits | 16 | 17 |
| Blocked | 18 | 9 |
| Power Play | 1/6 | 1/4 |
| Faceoff % | 56.7 | 43.3 |
| Corsi % | 39.6 | 60.4 |
| xG | 1.70 | 4.04 |
| Giveaways | 3 | 7 |
| Takeaways | 11 | 8 |
Washington Capitals
No player stats available
St. Louis Blues
No player stats available
Lineups
STL
Lineup not available yet.
WSH
Lineup not available yet.
HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.
For educational/analytics purposes only — not gambling advice