Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
SN · ATTSN-RM · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 28-26.
Jakub Vrana scored twice and Nate Schmidt scored twice. Ryan Reaves, Alex Ovechkin, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Cody Eakin also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Reaves (6)Cody Eakin (8), Oscar Lindberg (1)0–102:30 VGK · PPG
Jakub Vrana (7)Brett Connolly (11)1–115:33 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (20)Brett Connolly (12), Madison Bowey (5)2–111:42 WSH
3rd period
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4)Brayden McNabb (3), Nate Schmidt (2)2–202:33 VGK
Cody Eakin (11)Oscar Lindberg (2), Deryk Engelland (4)2–302:49 VGK- Jakub Vrana (8)Evgeny Kuznetsov (18), Matt Niskanen (9)3–311:40 WSH
Nate Schmidt (1)Shea Theodore (12)3–418:35 VGK · PPG- Nate Schmidt (2)Unassisted3–519:53 VGK · EN
Team stats
WSHVGK
26Shots on goal28
41%Faceoff %59%
0/4Power play2/6
12Penalty minutes21
40Hits41
17Blocked shots14
3Giveaways8
3Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 01:03
Brett Connolly · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 08:05Madison Bowey · holding2 min
- 1st 09:43
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 19:44Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:35Evgeny Kuznetsov · illegal equipment2 min
- 2nd 15:42Ryan Reaves · interference5 min
- 2nd 15:42Ryan Reaves · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 03:53Colin Miller · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:14Jonathan Marchessault · slashing2 min
- 3rd 14:46Nic Dowd · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:57 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 19:33 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:47 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:15 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:32 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:30 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:37 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 26:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:57 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 23:38 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:49 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 10:48 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 23Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:03 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |