Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Saturday, June 2, 2018 · Verizon Center

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22–26

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Golden Knights 26–22.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tomas Nosek and Devante Smith-Pelly.

Braden Holtby made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
VGK	0	0	1	1	22
WSH	0	2	1	3	26

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (14), Evgeny Kuznetsov (15)0–101:10 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)Jay Beagle (5), T.J. Oshie (11)0–212:50 WSH

3rd period

Tomas Nosek (4)Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (3)1–203:29 VGK
Devante Smith-Pelly (5)Jay Beagle (6)1–313:53 WSH

Team stats

VGKWSH

2226

37%63%

0/20/4

84

3138

926

721

1012

Penalties

5:04 into the first periodDevante Smith-Pelly · interference goalkeeper2 min
11:21 into the first periodReilly Smith · holding2 min
9:55 into the second periodErik Haula · hooking2 min
18:34 into the second periodDevante Smith-Pelly · tripping2 min
19:38 into the second periodMarc-Andre Fleury · tripping2 min
7:35 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · tripping2 min

Season series

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Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	40	0	1	16	09:55
92Tomas NosekL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	1	0	16	11:03
18James NealL	0	0	0	−3	0	1	0	0	–	1	2	19	13:48
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	–	0	0	24	18:59
21Cody EakinC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	46	0	0	20	16:22
40Ryan CarpenterC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	30	0	1	18	15:28
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	−3	2	2	0	2	33	0	0	17	14:17
57David PerronL	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	50	0	1	17	13:20
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50	1	0	24	20:35
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	12	08:32
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	14	0	0	20	17:17
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	0	0	17	16:58
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	2	0	–	0	1	23	20:49
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	2	–	0	1	28	20:29
6Colin MillerD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	0	1	21	20:30
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	1	1	23	18:21
47Luca SbisaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	1	0	23	16:36
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	1	1	27	21:18

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	26	23	3	.885	57:23
33Maxime LagaceG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

83Jay BeagleC	0	2	2	+2	0	2	1	0	54	0	3	23	13:25
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	71	0	0	23	18:52
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	2	0	–	1	1	19	17:28
25Devante Smith-PellyR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	4	–	0	0	16	10:20
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	100	1	2	24	18:51
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	6	1	4	0	–	2	1	28	22:23
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	1	0	15	13:20
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	1	0	21	13:33
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	15	10:28
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	61	2	0	25	17:44
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	59	3	1	21	20:14
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	2	5	0	0	50	0	0	19	16:05
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	0	1	12	11:57
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	3	0	–	3	2	28	27:16
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	–	0	0	24	17:23
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	–	4	1	27	26:04
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	2	0	16	08:40
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	0	0	17	11:57

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	22	21	1	.955	60:00