🎵 Away Blues 40-30-6 before this game
4–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 35-36-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
STL 1124
WSH 0202

Blues at Capitals

Blues beat Capitals 4–2 at Capital One Arena on April 7, 1999.

🗓 Wed, Apr 7, 1999 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Blues lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Scott Young
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:21 TOI · +1
2nd star 🎵 STL
Al MacInnis
1 G
5 shots · 29:58 TOI · +3
3rd star 🎵 STL
Michel Picard
1 G
2 shots · 20:37 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🎵 Jamal Mayers Go-ahead 1st · 05:56
Assists: Terry Yake, Tony Twist
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Mike Eagles Tying 2nd · 04:09
Assists: Michal Pivonka
1–1
🎵 Scott Young Go-ahead 2nd · 04:23
Assists: Scott Pellerin
2–1
🦅 Benoit Gratton Tying 2nd · 04:54
Assists: Joe Reekie, Trevor Halverson
2–2
3rd period
🎵 Michel Picard Go-ahead 3rd · 12:13
Assists: Scott Young, Pavol Demitra
3–2
🎵 Al MacInnis Empty net 3rd · 19:31
Assists: Craig Conroy
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL WSH🦅
32 Shots on goal 29
15 Hits 33
8 Blocked shots 10
10 Takeaways 9
16 Giveaways 17
2 Penalty minutes 6
STL shooting 12.5% (4/32) WSH shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Grant Fuhr
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Rick Tabaracci
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:21 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 40-30-6 (53% win rate, 76 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 35-36-5 (46% win rate, 76 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Picard · Pellerin · Demitra 20:37
L2 Turgeon · Eastwood · Young 17:21
L3 Bartecko · Yake · Conroy 12:26
L4 Twist · Atcheynum · Mayers 7:17
D1 MacInnis · Finley 25:48
D2 Shaw · Pronger 19:16
D3 Rivers · Persson 6:17
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Nikolishin · Zednik 16:57
L2 Black · Bellows · Herr 15:06
L3 Toms · Eagles · Gratton 13:29
L4 Miller · Pivonka · Halverson 11:52
D1 Reekie · Poapst 22:16
D2 Witt · Ciccone 20:51
D3 Klee · Gonchar 16:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Blues lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 28, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🎵STL
2–4 · Blues won
Dec 29, 1997
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Oct 25, 1997
🦅WSH @ 🎵STL
2–5 · Blues won
Mar 25, 1997
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Oct 26, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🎵STL
6–4 · Capitals won

❓ STL vs WSH, answered

Who won Blues vs Capitals on April 7, 1999?

Blues won 4–2.

What was the final score of Blues vs Capitals?

The final score was Blues 4, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Blues?

Al MacInnis, Jamal Mayers, Michel Picard, Scott Young.

Who scored for Capitals?

Benoit Gratton, Mike Eagles.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Rick Tabaracci made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Blues vs Capitals season series?

Blues lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🎵Blues
Previous game · Apr 5
🎵STL @ 🍁TOR
2–2 · STL won
Next game · Apr 9
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
1–1 · DET won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 5
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
3–0 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 8
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
0–1 · NJD won
Also on April 7, 1999
🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–2 final
🏛️OTT @ 🍁TOR
2–4 final
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
5–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
1–6 final
🦆ANA @ ⭐DAL
1–5 final
🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL
1–4 final
🔥CGY @ 🛢️EDM
2–4 final
Blues season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule