Ovechkin scores 2 goals, Capitals score 8 to defeat the Blues

Rasmus Sandin made it 5-1 after 3:51 by directing a drop pass from Sgarbossa into the open goal.

McMichael’s power play goal at 10:20 made the final score 6-1. Washington entered the game ranked last in the NHL in power plays (4-for-46), but was 2-for-2 in the game.

Sgarbossa scored at 15:27 to make it 7-1 and Brandon Duhaime scored at 16:45 to make the final score 8-1.

“I don’t really have an answer to that, to be honest,” Blues defenseman Justin Faulk said of allowing five goals in the third period. “This is completely unacceptable. It’s just not right. I don’t think a situation like this should ever happen. We have to have respect for each other and for the game. You can’t just go out and play summer hockey.” For a while and I think that’s fine at any point. We are grown men in this league and we have to put in an effort that is acceptable. Things aren’t going to go your way every night, but you can’t let them… that’s just unacceptable. “

NOTES: Ovechkin has 38 points (21 goals, 17 assists) in 27 games against St. Louis. He has scored 13 points (eight goals, five assists) in the last seven games. … Strome has 13 points (one goal, 12 assists) in the last seven games. He also assisted on all 10 of Ovechkin’s goals this season. … Chychrun was plus-3 in 18:44 after missing the last five games with an upper-body injury. … Thompson, who is 5-0-1 all-time against the Blues, set a Capitals record for most consecutive wins with seven wins to start a season (Tomas Vokoun, six in 2011).