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Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Washington Capitals 3 48-26-8
at Vegas Golden Knights 5 43-32-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 1 1 1 3
Vegas Golden Knights 1 0 4 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 9 9 8 26
Vegas Golden Knights 7 10 11 28

Three stars

  1. N. Schmidt, Vegas Golden Knights (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. P. Bellemare, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  3. C. Eakin, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:30 Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves (6) Cody Eakin (8), Oscar Lindberg (1) Power play WSH 0, VGK 1
1st 15:33 Washington Capitals Jakub Vrana (7) Brett Connolly (11) Even strength WSH 1, VGK 1
2nd 11:42 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (20) Brett Connolly (12), Madison Bowey (5) Even strength WSH 2, VGK 1
3rd 02:33 Vegas Golden Knights Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4) Brayden McNabb (3), Nate Schmidt (2) Even strength WSH 2, VGK 2
3rd 02:49 Vegas Golden Knights Cody Eakin (11) Oscar Lindberg (2), Deryk Engelland (4) Even strength WSH 2, VGK 3
3rd 11:40 Washington Capitals Jakub Vrana (8) Evgeny Kuznetsov (18), Matt Niskanen (9) Even strength WSH 3, VGK 3
3rd 18:35 Vegas Golden Knights Nate Schmidt (1) Shea Theodore (12) Power play WSH 3, VGK 4
3rd 19:53 Vegas Golden Knights Nate Schmidt (2) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net WSH 3, VGK 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 26 28
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 12 21
Hits 40 41
Blocked shots 17 14
Giveaways 3 8
Takeaways 3 13
Faceoffs won 26/63 (41.3%) 37/63 (58.7%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 7 1 0 21:57
10 B. Connolly R 0 2 2 +2 2 2 0 1 0 15:45
13 J. Vrana L 2 0 2 +2 0 2 1 0 0 13:17
18 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 13:48
19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 1 0 44.4% 23:32
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 52.9% 17:08
23 D. Jaskin R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 07:30
25 D. Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 3 0 12:09
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 6 0 3 0 0 42.9% 08:28
43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14:14
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 10:32
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +2 2 5 1 0 0 27.8% 19:33
2 M. Niskanen D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 5 3 0 22:47
6 M. Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 3 0 18:05
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 3 0 0 21:37
22 M. Bowey D 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 11:15
29 C. Djoos D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 11:31
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 3 0 26:39
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 27 23 4 .852 58:57 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 19:41
21 C. Eakin C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 1 0 72.2% 16:44
23 D. Carr L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 06:19
24 O. Lindberg L 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 13:49
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 8 1 0 09:10
40 R. Carpenter C 0 0 0 +2 0 2 1 0 0 50% 13:29
41 P. Bellemare L 1 0 1 +2 0 1 2 2 0 90% 15:46
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 47.6% 19:55
75 R. Reaves R 1 0 1 -1 15 3 5 0 1 10:48
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 5 0 0 19:54
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 25% 17:17
92 T. Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 66.7% 12:13
3 B. McNabb D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 4 1 0 22:19
5 D. Engelland D 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 18:18
6 C. Miller D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 1 0 19:03
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 16:21
27 S. Theodore D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:16
88 N. Schmidt D 2 1 3 +1 0 4 0 1 1 23:38
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 26 23 3 .885 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:03 Washington Capitals Brett Connolly Interference goalkeeper 2
1st 08:05 Washington Capitals Madison Bowey Holding 2
1st 09:43 Vegas Golden Knights Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 19:44 Washington Capitals Nic Dowd Tripping 2
2nd 08:35 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov Illegal equipment 2
2nd 15:42 Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves Interference (major) 5
2nd 15:42 Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves Game misconduct (game misconduct) 10
3rd 03:53 Vegas Golden Knights Colin Miller High sticking 2
3rd 07:14 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault Slashing 2
3rd 14:46 Washington Capitals Nic Dowd High sticking double minor 4

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Todd Reirden
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Gerard Gallant
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Jonny Murray
Washington Capitals scratches
T.J. Oshie, Travis Boyd, Jonas Siegenthaler
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Max Pacioretty, Jon Merrill, Brad Hunt

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Washington Capitals 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 4

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 0 at Florida Panthers 5 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 3 at New York Islanders 1 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 9 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final/OT Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Detroit Red Wings 5 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Los Angeles Kings 1 Final Game page

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