Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Monday, May 28, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
NBC · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Monday, May 28, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 34–28.
Tomas Nosek scored twice. Colin Miller, Brett Connolly, Nicklas Backstrom, William Karlsson, Reilly Smith, John Carlson, Tom Wilson and Ryan Reaves also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 28 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Colin Miller (3)Erik Haula (5)0–107:15 VGK · 
Brett Connolly (5)Michal Kempny (2), Andre Burakovsky (1)1–114:41 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (5)T.J. Oshie (9), Jakub Vrana (5)2–115:23 WSH
William Karlsson (7)Reilly Smith (15), Deryk Engelland (1)2–218:19 VGK
2nd period
Reilly Smith (3)Deryk Engelland (2), Jonathan Marchessault (11)2–303:21 VGK
John Carlson (4)T.J. Oshie (10), Nicklas Backstrom (13)3–308:29 WSH
3rd period
Tom Wilson (4)Alex Ovechkin (11), Evgeny Kuznetsov (14)4–301:10 WSH
Ryan Reaves (2)Unassisted4–402:41 VGK
Tomas Nosek (2)Shea Theodore (6), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (2)4–509:44 VGK- Tomas Nosek (3)David Perron (8)4–619:57 VGK ·
Team stats
WSHVGK
2834
48%52%
0/11/1
44
3825
1817
89
922
Penalties
- 5:53 into the first period
Andre Burakovsky · boarding2 min - 13:55 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 5:53 into the third periodTom Wilson · interference2 min
- 5:53 into the third periodDavid Perron · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:00 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:55 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:08 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 24:14 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 33 | 5 | .848 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 12:22 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:50 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:32 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 09:46 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:42 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:52 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 33Maxime LagaceG | 0 | 0 | – |