Capitals 8-1 Blues (November 9, 2024) Game Recap

ST. LOUIS – Washington’s Alex Ovechkin and Connor McMichael each scored two goals to give the Capitals an 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.

Ovechkin has scored 863 goals, just 31 shy of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894. Ovechkin has scored goals in six of his last seven games. It was also the 175th multi-goal game in Ovechkin’s 20-year history, behind only Gretzky (189).

Jakob Chychrun, Rasmus Sandin, Michael Sgarbossa and Brandon Duhaime also scored for Washington.

Goaltender Logan Thompson, acquired in an offseason trade with Vegas, has a perfect record of 7-0-0 this season. He recorded 24 saves.

Scott Perunovich scored the only goal for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington had 27 shots for the Blues.

Takeaways

Capitals: McMichael has points in three straight games and six of his last seven games overall. McMichael scored 59 seconds into the game and added a power play in the third period.

Blues: Perunovich scored his first career goal with a wrist shot from the slot at 7:07. It was his first goal in 79 games.

Key moment

In the second period, St. Louis outscored Washington 11-4 but lost 2-0. Ovechkin scored his ninth goal of the season at 7:42. Washington then took a 3-1 lead when Chychrun scored from the top of the slot at 10:53.

Key statistics

The Blues’ power play problems continued. St. Louis went 0 for 3 in the game. They were 0 for 13 in their last five power play games. The Blues have been on the power play 37 times in 15 games and have scored just four times.

Next

The Blues conclude a five-game home stretch against Boston on Tuesday. The Capitals host the Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

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