Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena

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0–3

Final

SOG 26–28

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 3-0 on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 28-26.

Goals came from Alex Tuch, Oscar Lindberg and William Karlsson.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 25 of 28.

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

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Tuch (8)Brendan Leipsic (11), Cody Eakin (11)0–102:37 VGK
Oscar Lindberg (7)Tomas Nosek (4)0–207:39 VGK
William Karlsson (16)Reilly Smith (17), Jonathan Marchessault (20)0–314:55 VGK

Team stats

WSHVGK

26Shots on goal28

49%Faceoff %51%

0/4Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes8

34Hits20

10Blocked shots25

6Giveaways9

8Takeaways20

Penalties

2nd 00:06Reilly Smith · tripping2 min
2nd 04:24Cody Eakin · interference2 min
2nd 16:42Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 19:24Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
3rd 02:10Brayden McNabb · holding2 min
3rd 19:14Cody Eakin · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	-1	3	7	0	2	–	20:23
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:46
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:19
18Chandler StephensonC	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:27
19Nicklas BackstromC	-1	2	1	0	0	77	17:28
20Lars EllerC	0	1	2	0	0	20	15:42
25Devante Smith-PellyR	-1	2	3	0	0	–	11:15
43Tom WilsonR	-1	1	3	1	0	–	13:31
65Andre BurakovskyL	-1	0	1	0	0	100	13:30
77T.J. OshieR	-1	3	5	0	0	29	18:25
83Jay BeagleC	-1	3	4	1	0	46	12:53
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	-1	0	1	0	0	42	19:04
2Matt NiskanenD	-1	3	2	1	0	–	23:41
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	4	1	2	0	–	24:15
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:54
29Christian DjoosD	-2	0	1	1	0	–	12:40
44Brooks OrpikD	-1	1	3	3	0	–	17:20
74John CarlsonD	-2	2	0	0	0	–	22:32

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	28	25	3	.893	59:54

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

13Brendan LeipsicL	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	12:43
19Reilly SmithR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	–	16:55
21Cody EakinC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	4	43	14:56
24Oscar LindbergC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	12:14
71William KarlssonC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	29	15:35
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	54	17:02
89Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	2	0	–	15:10
92Tomas NosekL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	12:12
18James NealL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:36
41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	62	14:40
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	70	15:13
57David PerronL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:50
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	2	–	20:25
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	19:48
6Colin MillerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	19:51
15Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	2	0	–	18:41
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	17:54
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	20:29

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	26	26	0	1.000	60:00
30Malcolm SubbanG		0	0	0	–	00:00