Philip Broberg scored two goals as the visiting St. Louis Blues defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Thursday.

Jake Neighbours logged a goal and an assist and Dylan Holloway and Colton Parayko also scored for the Blues, who have won three consecutive games for the first time this season.

Brayden Schenn earned two assists for St. Louis while playing in his 1,000th NHL game. Pavel Buchnevich also had two assists for the Blues, and Joel Hofer made 16 saves.

Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who have lost two straight games, both at home, after a 16-game home point streak. Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for Washington, and Charlie Lindgren stopped 14 shots.

Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin put four shots on goal but he remained stuck at 883 career goals, 11 behind Wayne Gretzky’s league record.

Broberg put the Blues up 1-0 with 8:46 left in the first period, scoring with a one-time shot from the right side from Mathieu Joseph’s cross-ice pass.

Dubois tied the game 1-1 with 4:56 left in the first off the rush. He cut in from left wing, took Taylor Raddysh’s pass from right side and backhanded a shot around Hofer.

The Blues moved back on top 2-1 after Neighbours shoveled the puck up the open left wing, giving Broberg a clean break-in on goal. Broberg cut across the front of the net on his backhand, avoided Lindgren’s diving pokecheck and scored into the vacated net with 2:15 left in the period.

Washington failed to convert on its second-period power play, but the sustained pressure led to McMichael’s tying goal. He came off the left boards and snapped a shot past Hofer from the left faceoff dot with 3:05 remaining in the second period.

Just 28 seconds later, Holloway gave the Blues a 3-2 lead by deflecting Ryan Suter’s shot from the blue line. And 35 seconds after that, Parayko made it 4-2 by punching in a loose puck during a goalmouth scramble.

Neighbours iced the game by scoring an empty-net goal with 1:55 left in the third period.

–Field Level Media