Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Sat, Nov 9, 2019 · Capital One Arena · 2019–20 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 on Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at Capital One Arena. Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Braden Holtby made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	0	2	32
WSH	2	1	2	5	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:58	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (7), Jakub Vrana (6)	0–1
1st	05:53	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (8) · wrist	Jakub Vrana (7)	0–2
1st	08:57	VGK	EV	Max Pacioretty (5) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
2nd	15:32	WSH	EV	Jonas Siegenthaler (1) · wrist	Travis Boyd (4)	1–3
2nd	17:27	VGK	PP	Reilly Smith (10) · slap	Jonathan Marchessault (8), Cody Eakin (3)	2–3
3rd	11:30	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (3) · wrist	John Carlson (19), Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)	2–4
3rd	19:14	WSH	SH EN	Nicklas Backstrom (4) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (5), John Carlson (20)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:38	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	hooking	2
1st	14:25	VGK	Cody Eakin	hooking	2
1st	19:57	WSH	Radko Gudas	interference	2
2nd	12:27	VGK	Tomas Nosek	tripping	2
2nd	16:00	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	elbowing	2
2nd	20:00	WSH	T.J. Oshie	roughing	2
3rd	05:45	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	10:19	VGK	Jon Merrill	slashing	2
3rd	12:00	VGK	Cody Eakin	roughing	2
3rd	12:00	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	13:17	VGK	Jon Merrill	hooking	2
3rd	14:20	VGK	Deryk Engelland	slashing	2
3rd	20:00	VGK	Bench	game misconduct team staff	0

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 2.12 · WSH 6.90 · xG% VGK 23.5

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:51	22
67	Max Pacioretty	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	1		17:27	18
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	-2	2	2	1	0		17:18	19
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	0	53.8	13:20	19
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		22:04	23
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		20:44	21
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	40.0	19:55	23
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		19:25	18
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		19:24	22
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	56.0	18:26	20
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2		17:21	20
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	2		17:06	24
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0		16:08	24
9	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	40.0	11:44	16
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	33.3	10:33	12
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		9:41	14
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		9:39	12
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0		8:55	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	33	29	4	.879	58:29

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	+1	0	4	1	0		24:11	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	2	0	2	+1	0	6	1	0	50.0	19:22	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	1	71.4	19:08	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	2	2	+1	0	3	2	0		15:36	18
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	75.0	19:51	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	1		19:20	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	0		17:32	24
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	5		15:21	18
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	10:05	12
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	6	1	1		21:21	21
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:04	24
33	Radko Gudas	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	7	3		17:57	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	53.8	15:16	22
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		14:16	19
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	63.6	12:09	13
28	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		10:32	14
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25.0	10:25	17
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		9:22	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	32	30	2	.938	59:45