Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 30, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 39–26.
Goals came from James Neal, Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Orpik and Shea Theodore.
Braden Holtby made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
James Neal (5)Luca Sbisa (3), Colin Miller (2)0–107:58 VGK
Lars Eller (6)Michal Kempny (3), Andre Burakovsky (2)1–117:27 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (13)Lars Eller (10), Nicklas Backstrom (14)2–105:38 WSH · 
Brooks Orpik (1)Lars Eller (11), Andre Burakovsky (3)3–109:41 WSH
Shea Theodore (3)Reilly Smith (16), William Karlsson (8)3–217:47 VGK ·
Team stats
WSHVGK
2639
42%58%
1/21/5
1423
4639
188
412
619
Penalties
- 16:43 into the first period
T.J. Oshie · roughing2 min - 16:43 into the first period
Deryk Engelland · roughing2 min - 2:04 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · illegal check to head2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodAlex Tuch · cross checking2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodErik Haula · holding2 min
- 10:10 into the second periodRyan Reaves · roughing2 min
- 11:42 into the second periodDmitry Orlov · hooking2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodT.J. Oshie · interference2 min
- 3:13 into the third periodTom Wilson · interference2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodLars Eller · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodErik Haula · slashing5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodErik Haula · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:46 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:31 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:56 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:43 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:13 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:07 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:51 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 22:04 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:34 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:56 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 9 | 20:50 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:31 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Maxime LagaceG | 0 | 0 | – |