Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights

Tue, Dec 4, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 5

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. Jakub Vrana scored twice; Nate Schmidt scored twice. Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	26
VGK	1	0	4	5	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:30	VGK	PP	Ryan Reaves (6) · wrist	Cody Eakin (8), Oscar Lindberg (1)	0–1
1st	15:33	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (7) · snap	Brett Connolly (11)	1–1
2nd	11:42	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (20) · backhand	Brett Connolly (12), Madison Bowey (5)	2–1
3rd	02:33	VGK	EV	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4) · deflected	Brayden McNabb (3), Nate Schmidt (2)	2–2
3rd	02:49	VGK	EV	Cody Eakin (11) · wrist	Oscar Lindberg (2), Deryk Engelland (4)	2–3
3rd	11:40	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (8) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (18), Matt Niskanen (9)	3–3
3rd	18:35	VGK	PP	Nate Schmidt (1) · wrist	Shea Theodore (12)	3–4
3rd	19:53	VGK	SH EN	Nate Schmidt (2) · wrist	Unassisted	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:03	WSH	Brett Connolly	interference goalkeeper	2
1st	08:05	WSH	Madison Bowey	holding	2
1st	09:43	VGK	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	19:44	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2
2nd	08:35	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	illegal equipment	2
2nd	15:42	VGK	Ryan Reaves	interference	5
2nd	15:42	VGK	Ryan Reaves	game misconduct	10
3rd	03:53	VGK	Colin Miller	high sticking	2
3rd	07:14	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	slashing	2
3rd	14:46	WSH	Nic Dowd	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.13 · VGK 4.14 · xG% WSH 33.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	1		15:45	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	2	0	2	+2	0	2	1	0		13:17	19
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	5	3		22:47	29
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	7	1		21:57	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+2	2	5	1	0	27.8	19:33	22
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0		11:15	18
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	3		26:39	30
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	6	1	44.4	23:32	25
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	0		21:37	28
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		18:05	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	52.9	17:08	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		14:14	19
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		13:48	22
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		12:09	17
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		11:31	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	10:32	14
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	6	0	3	0	42.9	8:28	16
23	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		7:30	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	27	23	4	.852	58:57

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
88	Nate Schmidt	D	2	1	3	+1	0	4	0	1		23:38	27
21	Cody Eakin	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	1	72.2	16:44	24
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	2		13:49	19
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	1		22:19	23
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0		18:18	22
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	2	90.0	15:46	21
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		14:16	20
75	Ryan Reaves	R	1	0	1	-1	15	3	5	0		10:48	14
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	47.6	19:55	25
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	5	0		19:54	21
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		19:41	26
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	1		19:03	23
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	25.0	17:17	19
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		16:21	22
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0	50.0	13:29	17
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	66.7	12:13	18
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	8	1		9:10	15
23	Daniel Carr	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		6:19	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00