Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 6

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. Paul Cotter scored twice. Logan Thompson made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	22
VGK	2	3	1	6	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:17	VGK	EV	Alec Martinez (1) · wrist	Chandler Stephenson (30), Alex Pietrangelo (25)	0–1
1st	07:36	VGK	EV	Nicolas Roy (9) · wrist	Jonathan Marchessault (15), Alec Martinez (7)	0–2
2nd	02:15	VGK	EV	Michael Amadio (7) · wrist	Chandler Stephenson (31)	0–3
2nd	12:04	VGK	EV	Byron Froese (1) · wrist	Jonas Rondbjerg (1), Alex Pietrangelo (26)	0–4
2nd	13:38	VGK	EV	Paul Cotter (7) · backhand	Nicolas Roy (11)	0–5
2nd	18:20	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (10) · tip-in	Erik Gustafsson (20), Dylan Strome (24)	1–5
3rd	03:59	VGK	EV	Paul Cotter (8) · backhand	Keegan Kolesar (6), Nicolas Roy (12)	1–6
3rd	10:41	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (12) · tip-in	Trevor van Riemsdyk (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (34)	2–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:46	WSH	Anthony Mantha	tripping	2
1st	10:25	VGK	Phil Kessel	interference goalkeeper	2
1st	18:44	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	tripping	2
2nd	14:42	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	14:42	VGK	Nicolas Hague	roughing	2
3rd	07:09	VGK	Brayden McNabb	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 1.51 · VGK 2.33 · xG% WSH 39.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		20:04	23
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1		18:41	23
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	43.8	17:06	18
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1	50.0	16:37	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:59	18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	45.5	15:40	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	4	2		22:07	24
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	1		20:00	24
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		17:48	21
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	4	0		16:31	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-3	2	0	3	0		15:57	21
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0		15:56	18
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	44.4	15:25	21
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	0		15:06	18
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	28.6	14:39	18
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	1		13:19	18
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2		13:00	15
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		12:37	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	L	18	14	4	.778	32:04
79	Charlie Lindgren		9	7	2	.778	27:24

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Nicolas Roy	C	1	2	3	+2	0	1	1	0	36.4	15:16	20
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	2	2	+5	0	1	0	2		21:39	26
23	Alec Martinez	D	1	1	2	+5	0	1	3	4		20:09	25
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	75.0	18:53	21
43	Paul Cotter	C	2	0	2	+2	0	5	3	0		11:43	16
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		15:57	19
22	Michael Amadio	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		14:42	17
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		11:53	15
51	Byron Froese	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	88.9	11:08	14
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	1	1	+2	2	2	4	0		10:58	16
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	1		20:57	24
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3		19:49	25
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	1		19:17	24
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		18:04	21
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	50.0	17:13	21
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	44.4	17:01	18
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		16:12	20
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	11:09	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	Logan Thompson	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00