Blues Dominate Capitals, Widen Gap in Wild-Card Race

The St. Louis Blues blanked the Washington Capitals 3-0. Jordan Kyrou, Jimmy Snuggerud and Otto Stenberg scored.

Joel Hofer is one shutout away from tying Ilya Sorokin’s season high of seven. St. Louis improved to 29-30-11 and is 8-1-2 in its last 11 games.

Key plays

The game was scoreless after one period. Snuggerud opened scoring at 2:39 of the second with a one-timer from the left circle.

Logan Mailloux supplied the cross-seam pass. Snuggerud beat Logan Thompson at the near post.

Stenberg made it 2-0 at 14:52 of the third. Jonatan Berggren skated off the right wall and found Dalibor Dvorsky with a cross-ice feed.

Dvorsky delivered a cross-crease pass that Stenberg finished on the right side. Kyrou added an empty-netter at 19:19 for the final score.

Goalies and streaks

Capitals goalie Logan Thompson finished with 24 saves. Washington’s five-game point streak, a 3-0-2 run, ended with the loss.

Penalty and injury

Blues center Robert Thomas was helped off the ice with 11:35 remaining in the third. He was knocked down by Pierre-Luc Dubois, who received a five-minute major and match penalty for intent to injure.

Standings implications

The result deepens St. Louis’s momentum. Blues Dominate Capitals, Widen Gap in Wild-Card Race summarizes the immediate impact on both clubs.

Washington fell to 35-28-9 and sits six points back of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. St. Louis’s surge keeps it in contention as the season winds down.

Reporting for Filmogaz.com. More game coverage follows from our hockey desk.