Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Sun, Feb 4, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

4 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Reilly Smith scored twice. Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	2	4	31
WSH	1	1	1	3	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:22	WSH	EV	Chandler Stephenson (5) · snap	Jay Beagle (11), Matt Niskanen (12)	0–1
1st	16:06	VGK	EV	Ryan Carpenter (1) · tip-in	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4), Nate Schmidt (19)	1–1
2nd	08:38	WSH	EV	Matt Niskanen (4) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (35), Dmitry Orlov (12)	1–2
2nd	18:53	VGK	PP	Reilly Smith (15) · backhand	Alex Tuch (14), Jonathan Marchessault (31)	2–2
3rd	00:52	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (11) · wrist	Christian Djoos (9), Andre Burakovsky (7)	2–3
3rd	09:21	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (16) · wrist	Jonathan Marchessault (32), William Karlsson (18)	3–3
3rd	14:48	VGK	EV	Alex Tuch (10) · wrist	Ryan Carpenter (2), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (5)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:33	VGK	Brayden McNabb	tripping	2
2nd	11:47	VGK	Alex Tuch	interference	2
2nd	18:16	WSH	Brooks Orpik	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VGK 3.21 · WSH 1.88 · xG% VGK 63.0

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	18:14	22
19	Reilly Smith	R	2	0	2	+1	0	8	0	0		18:08	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0		16:24	21
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	3	0	50.0	12:27	15
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1	50.0	11:27	16
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3		24:54	22
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	75.0	19:52	22
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		23:23	22
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		19:54	24
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		19:27	21
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	1		18:31	21
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		17:25	21
77	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:06	19
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	45.5	16:58	19
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		16:50	21
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	12:22	15
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	11:35	15
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1:03	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	23	20	3	.870	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	1	2	0	0	2	4	1		22:01	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	30.0	22:19	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2		21:57	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	60.0	17:22	18
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		15:46	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0		15:26	17
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	2	37.5	13:40	16
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1		11:26	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	1		22:59	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		21:14	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		18:14	18
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	3		16:54	18
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		16:05	16
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4		15:49	16
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		14:04	15
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	12:40	16
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		11:29	14
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:25	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	L	31	27	4	.871	58:33