Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Wed, Oct 10, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 on Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Braden Holtby made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	1	1	2	31
WSH	1	1	3	5	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	19:25	WSH	PP	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) · tip-in	Nicklas Backstrom (5), John Carlson (3)	0–1
2nd	10:18	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (3) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Brett Connolly (2)	0–2
2nd	10:49	VGK	EV	Cody Eakin (1) · wrap-around	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	05:08	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · tip-in	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), John Carlson (4)	1–3
3rd	07:08	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (1) · tip-in	Nick Holden (1), William Karlsson (3)	2–3
3rd	10:33	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (4) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), Brett Connolly (3)	2–4
3rd	18:05	WSH	SH EN	T.J. Oshie (4) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (2), Dmitry Orlov (1)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:40	WSH	Brett Connolly	tripping	2
1st	11:13	VGK	Ryan Carpenter	hooking	2
1st	18:04	VGK	Tomas Nosek	holding	2
2nd	11:20	WSH	Michal Kempny	interference	2
3rd	00:20	VGK	Colin Miller	slashing	2
3rd	04:07	VGK	Erik Haula	tripping	2
3rd	08:11	WSH	Michal Kempny	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 2.71 · WSH 2.91 · xG% VGK 48.2

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	100.0	19:48	20
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	47.1	19:47	20
22	Nick Holden	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	1		18:33	27
21	Cody Eakin	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	60.0	11:07	15
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		21:47	22
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		21:42	22
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20.0	18:52	20
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	0		17:55	24
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		17:29	21
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		17:20	24
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	1	100.0	15:56	19
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:52	16
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	28.6	14:15	19
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	63.2	14:01	17
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	53.3	14:01	16
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	50.0	12:51	15
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		12:11	13
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	50.0	11:24	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	28	24	4	.857	59:47

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	3	4	+2	0	3	0	1	47.1	18:40	18
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	3		25:55	28
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	1	43.8	20:50	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	7	2	1		17:59	18
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	1		15:00	17
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	2		23:46	27
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1		22:16	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	5	1	57.1	19:41	23
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	2	1		16:41	23
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	1		15:20	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	3		14:31	18
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50.0	14:23	19
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	13:23	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	61.5	13:00	20
23	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		11:20	13
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		10:34	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		10:26	13
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		10:15	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00