Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, February 4, 2018 · Capital One Arena
ATTSN-RM · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 31-23.
Reilly Smith scored twice. Chandler Stephenson, Ryan Carpenter, Matt Niskanen, Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Tuch also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chandler Stephenson (5)Jay Beagle (11), Matt Niskanen (12)0–107:22 WSH
Ryan Carpenter (1)Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4), Nate Schmidt (19)1–116:06 VGK
2nd period
Matt Niskanen (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (35), Dmitry Orlov (12)1–208:38 WSH
Reilly Smith (15)Alex Tuch (14), Jonathan Marchessault (31)2–218:53 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (11)Christian Djoos (9), Andre Burakovsky (7)2–300:52 WSH- Reilly Smith (16)Jonathan Marchessault (32), William Karlsson (18)3–309:21 VGK
Alex Tuch (10)Ryan Carpenter (2), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (5)4–314:48 VGK
Team stats
VGKWSH
31Shots on goal23
58%Faceoff %42%
1/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
16Hits28
12Blocked shots17
11Giveaways10
10Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 19:33
Brayden McNabb · tripping2 min - 2nd 11:47Alex Tuch · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:16
Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 18:08 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:27 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:27 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:54 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:31 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:03 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:23 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 60:00 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:26 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 58:33 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |