Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Monday, June 4, 2018 · Verizon Center
NBC · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6–2 on Monday, June 4, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 30–23.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson, Devante Smith-Pelly, John Carlson, James Neal, Reilly Smith, Michal Kempny and Brett Connolly.
Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 17 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)0–109:54 WSH · 
Tom Wilson (5)Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)0–216:26 WSH
Devante Smith-Pelly (1)Matt Niskanen (8), Alex Ovechkin (1)0–319:39 WSH
2nd period
John Carlson (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), T.J. Oshie (1)0–415:23 WSH ·
3rd period
James Neal (1)Erik Haula (6), Colin Miller (1)1–405:43 VGK
Reilly Smith (1)Jonathan Marchessault (12), Luca Sbisa (1)2–412:26 VGK
Michal Kempny (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), T.J. Oshie (2)2–513:39 WSH
Brett Connolly (6)Nicklas Backstrom (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)2–618:51 WSH ·
Team stats
VGKWSH
3023
52%48%
0/43/5
3220
3929
824
718
818
Penalties
- 3:58 into the first period
John Carlson · tripping2 min - 9:22 into the first period
Colin Miller · tripping2 min - 5:21 into the second periodJohn Carlson · tripping2 min
- 9:18 into the second periodTom Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodJames Neal · slashing2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodErik Haula · slashing2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodRyan Reaves · roughing2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodTom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 16:57 into the third periodNate Schmidt · tripping2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodBrayden McNabb · cross checking2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · misconduct10 min
- 17:44 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · misconduct10 min
- 19:17 into the third periodRyan Reaves · misconduct10 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 23:36 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 33Maxime LagaceG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 08:11 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:43 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:07 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |