St. Louis Blues (27-26-6, in the Central Division) vs. Washington Capitals (38-12-8, in the Metropolitan Division)
Washington; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues visit the Washington Capitals after Zachary Bolduc scored two goals in the Blues' 7-2 win over the Seattle Kraken.
Washington has a 38-12-8 record overall and an 18-5-6 record in home games. The Capitals have gone 15-5-3 when scoring a power-play goal.
St. Louis is 13-12-3 in road games and 27-26-6 overall. The Blues have allowed 177 goals while scoring 164 for a -13 scoring differential.
The teams match up Thursday for the second time this season. The Capitals won the previous meeting 8-1. Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals in the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aliaksei Protas has scored 23 goals with 27 assists for the Capitals. Ovechkin has eight goals and five assists over the last 10 games.
Jordan Kyrou has 24 goals and 22 assists for the Blues. Robert Thomas has four goals and seven assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Capitals: 5-2-3, averaging 4.2 goals, 7.1 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game.
Blues: 4-4-2, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.8 assists, three penalties and 7.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
INJURIES: Capitals: None listed.
Blues: None listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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