Five different skaters struck for the St Louis Blues in a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
Jake Allen made 23 saves in the win as the Blues improved to 16-18-4.
Colton Parayko had a goal in Blues win over Caps – file photo courtesy of Lewis Bleiman
Alex Pietrangelo, Oskar Sundqvist, Tyler Bozak, Colton Parayko and Robert Thomas scored for St Louis.
“Tonight was just work,” Pietrangelo said. “We outworked them, especially in the offensive zone. The penalty kill was good. The power play was good in the second period there. I think we simplified and started getting shots, and all of a sudden, the momentum started changing. I think we had about 40 shots, and we only gave up [25]. When you give up [25] shots against that team, you’re doing something right defensively. I thought we did a real good job keeping them out of our end.”
Alex Ovechkin (his 30th after a six-game drought) and Brett Connolly scored for the Caps as they dropped to 24-12-3.
“It’s amazing what he’s (Ovechkin) done, and that was encouraging,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “… He’s just an elite, elite scorer that we’re so fortunate to have on our team and the League is even fortunate just to have this type of a player that’s a generational talent. To score 30 again this year is quite an accomplishment after going through a long season last year, and he continues to get a year older, but he still does the phenomenal things. Just the way he’s able to score goals is unmatched for the most part.”
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Braden Holtby made 37 saves in the loss.
“We didn’t play that well, and they wanted it more than us. We didn’t play our best, and they were the better team tonight,” Connolly said after the loss.
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