Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights

Sat, Dec 23, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

0 – 3

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 3–0 on Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–28.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:37	VGK	EV	Alex Tuch (8) · wrist	Brendan Leipsic (11), Cody Eakin (11)	0–1
1st	07:39	VGK	EV	Oscar Lindberg (7) · snap	Tomas Nosek (4)	0–2
1st	14:55	VGK	EV	William Karlsson (16) · slap	Reilly Smith (17), Jonathan Marchessault (20)	0–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	00:06	VGK	Reilly Smith	tripping	2
2nd	04:24	VGK	Cody Eakin	interference	2
2nd	16:42	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	19:24	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	interference	2
3rd	02:10	VGK	Brayden McNabb	holding	2
3rd	19:14	VGK	Cody Eakin	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.16 · VGK 2.40 · xG% WSH 47.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	4	1	2		24:15	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	-1	0	3	2	1		23:41	23
74	John Carlson	D	-2	0	2	0	0		22:32	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	-1	2	3	7	0		20:23	18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	-1	0	0	1	0	41.7	19:04	18
77	T.J. Oshie	R	-1	0	3	5	0	28.6	18:25	18
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	-1	0	2	1	0	76.9	17:28	18
44	Brooks Orpik	D	-1	0	1	3	3		17:20	19
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	1	2	0	20.0	15:42	16
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	0		13:54	15
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	1		13:46	15
43	Tom Wilson	R	-1	0	1	3	1		13:31	16
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	-1	0	0	1	0	100.0	13:30	14
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0		13:19	15
83	Jay Beagle	C	-1	0	3	4	1	46.2	12:53	16
29	Christian Djoos	D	-2	0	0	1	1		12:40	16
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	-1	0	1	0	0		12:27	16
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	-1	0	2	3	0		11:15	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	28	25	3	.893	59:54

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	53.8	17:02	18
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1		16:55	18
71	William Karlsson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	28.6	15:35	18
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	2		15:10	16
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	1	42.9	14:56	17
13	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0		12:43	13
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2		12:14	14
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		12:12	15
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		20:29	25
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	3		20:25	26
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		19:51	23
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		19:48	22
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2		18:41	20
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		17:54	18
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	70.0	15:13	16
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		14:50	15
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	61.5	14:40	17
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		14:36	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	26	26	0	1.000	60:00