Vegas Golden Knights vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, November 9, 2019 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Golden Knights 34-32.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, Max Pacioretty, Jonas Siegenthaler and Reilly Smith also scored.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)Dmitry Orlov (7), Jakub Vrana (6)0–100:58 WSH
Tom Wilson (8)Jakub Vrana (7)0–205:53 WSH
Max Pacioretty (5)Unassisted1–208:57 VGK
2nd period
Jonas Siegenthaler (1)Travis Boyd (4)1–315:32 WSH
Reilly Smith (10)Jonathan Marchessault (8), Cody Eakin (3)2–317:27 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (3)John Carlson (19), Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)2–411:30 WSH · PPG- Nicklas Backstrom (4)T.J. Oshie (5), John Carlson (20)2–519:14 WSH · EN
Team stats
VGKWSH
32Shots on goal34
47%Faceoff %53%
1/4Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes10
19Hits27
7Blocked shots14
7Giveaways9
7Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 03:38
Jonathan Marchessault · hooking2 min - 1st 14:25Cody Eakin · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:57
Radko Gudas · interference2 min - 2nd 12:27Tomas Nosek · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:00Garnet Hathaway · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 20:00T.J. Oshie · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:45Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 10:19Jon Merrill · slashing2 min
- 3rd 12:00Cody Eakin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:00Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:17Jon Merrill · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:20Deryk Engelland · slashing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Bench · game misconduct team staff0 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 17:27 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 9Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:39 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:04 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 20:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 58:29 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 19:22 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 24:11 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 21:21 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 28Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 33Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:45 |