Washington Capitals Begin Three-Game Road Trip in St. Louis The Washington Capitals kick off their final multi-game road trip of the 2025-26 season on Tuesday night in St. Louis, facing the Blues at the Enterprise Center. The team, currently sitting at 35-27-9, enters the contest on a five-game point streak (3-0-2) after a recent four-game homestand that ended in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche. The Caps led 1-0 heading into the third period but fell short, dropping to 26-1-2 in games where they held a lead entering the final 20 minutes. Coach Spencer Carbery acknowledged the frustration of the loss but praised the team’s overall performance. “It’s hard to say you let a game slip like that,” he said. “But we’re leading the game going into the third period, 1-0. So, in that sense [yes]. But when you look at the underlying numbers, they’ve got us out-chanced—not a significant [amount], but a little bit—and those games can go either way. You’re protecting a lead and you give one back, so it’s 1-1.” Despite the loss, the Capitals managed to secure a point, thanks to a power-play goal by captain Alex Ovechkin in the third period. The goal, his first of the season on home ice and his 923rd career goal, tied the game at 2-2 and forced overtime. Ovechkin’s strike also marked his first career assist for 19-year-old Cole Hutson, the only Caps player born after Ovechkin’s NHL debut in 2005. Ovechkin’s milestone brought his career total to 1,000 goals, combining his 923 regular-season goals with 77 playoff goals. Carbery reflected on the significance of the achievement, noting, “It’s just another accolade for him in his incredible career. And to get a thousand goals and to do it on home ice and do it in the way [he did], I like the way things are done.#washington_capitals #spencer_carbery #alex_ovechkin #enterprise_center #cole_hutson
