Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Saturday, January 21, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena
ATTSN-RM · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 27-22.
Paul Cotter scored twice. Alec Martinez, Nicolas Roy, Michael Amadio, Byron Froese, T.J. Oshie and Marcus Johansson also scored.
Logan Thompson made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 14 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alec Martinez (1)Chandler Stephenson (30), Alex Pietrangelo (25)0–102:17 VGK
Nicolas Roy (9)Jonathan Marchessault (15), Alec Martinez (7)0–207:36 VGK
2nd period
Michael Amadio (7)Chandler Stephenson (31)0–302:15 VGK
Byron Froese (1)Jonas Rondbjerg (1), Alex Pietrangelo (26)0–412:04 VGK
Paul Cotter (7)Nicolas Roy (11)0–513:38 VGK
T.J. Oshie (10)Erik Gustafsson (20), Dylan Strome (24)1–518:20 WSH
3rd period
- Paul Cotter (8)Keegan Kolesar (6), Nicolas Roy (12)1–603:59 VGK
Marcus Johansson (12)Trevor van Riemsdyk (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (34)2–610:41 WSH
Team stats
WSHVGK
22Shots on goal27
43%Faceoff %57%
0/3Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes8
40Hits28
9Blocked shots17
9Giveaways3
8Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 09:46
Anthony Mantha · tripping2 min - 1st 10:25
Phil Kessel · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 18:44Keegan Kolesar · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:42Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:42Nicolas Hague · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:09Brayden McNabb · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 32:04 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 27:24 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 11:43 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 46Jonas RondbjergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 51Byron FroeseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 8Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:57 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:17 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |