Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, October 10, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NBCSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 31-29.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Cody Eakin, Nicklas Backstrom, Reilly Smith and T.J. Oshie also scored.
Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)Nicklas Backstrom (5), John Carlson (3)0–119:25 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Brett Connolly (2)0–210:18 WSH
Cody Eakin (1)Unassisted1–210:49 VGK
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), John Carlson (4)1–305:08 WSH · PPG
Reilly Smith (1)Nick Holden (1), William Karlsson (3)2–307:08 VGK- Alex Ovechkin (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), Brett Connolly (3)2–410:33 WSH
T.J. Oshie (4)Matt Niskanen (2), Dmitry Orlov (1)2–518:05 WSH · EN
Team stats
VGKWSH
31Shots on goal29
51%Faceoff %49%
0/3Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits31
8Blocked shots20
8Giveaways13
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 08:40
Brett Connolly · tripping2 min - 1st 11:13
Ryan Carpenter · hooking2 min - 1st 18:04Tomas Nosek · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:20Michal Kempny · interference2 min
- 3rd 00:20Colin Miller · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:07Erik Haula · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:11Michal Kempny · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:33 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:52 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:56 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:47 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:20 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 59:47 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 17:59 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 25:55 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:46 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:16 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 14:31 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:23 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |