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Washington Capitals vs Vegas Golden Knights

NHL
Capitals
15-9-3, 33 PTS
3-5
Final
Golden Knights
15-13-1, 31 PTS
T-Mobile Arena
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

WSH shoots leftVGK shoots right

Shots on goal

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WSH99826
VGK7101128

In net

Braden Holtby23/27 SV, .852
Marc-Andre Fleury23/26 SV, .885
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WSH1113
VGK1045

Who won: Golden Knights 5-3

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Golden Knights outscored the Capitals 4-1 in the 3rd period. Nate Schmidt led the Golden Knights in goals (2). Jakub Vrana led the Capitals in goals (2).

Player of the game

Nate Schmidt

VGK · 2 G, 1 A, 4 SOG

8.8

Deserved to win

22%
WSH · 2.10 xG
78%
VGK · 3.84 xG

Golden Knights created better chances: they win this game 78% of the time

Play by play

  1. End of the 3rd period
  2. P3 0:07Tomas Nosek

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    T. Nosek

  3. GOALP3 0:07
    Nate Schmidt

    Goal!

    N. Schmidt · 2 G, 1 A

    Goal

    WSH 3 - 5 VGK
  4. P3 0:15Nicklas Backstrom

    Big hit on C. Eakin

    Hit

    N. Backstrom

  5. P3 0:36Lars Eller

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    L. Eller

  6. P3 0:56John Carlson

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    J. Carlson

  7. GOALP3 1:25
    Nate Schmidt

    Goal!

    N. Schmidt · 2 G, 1 A

    Goal

    WSH 3 - 4 VGK
  8. P3 1:54Ryan Carpenter

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    R. Carpenter

  9. P3 2:01Oscar Lindberg

    Shot blocked by J. Carlson

    Blocked

    O. Lindberg · 2 A

  10. P3 2:52Lars Eller
    TO

    Takeaway

    L. Eller

  11. P3 3:18Alex Tuch

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    A. Tuch

  12. P3 3:28Matt Niskanen

    Big hit on O. Lindberg

    Hit

    M. Niskanen · 1 A

  13. P3 4:13Alex Tuch

    Missed the net

    Missed

    A. Tuch

  14. P3 5:14Nic Dowd

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    N. Dowd

  15. P3 8:15Alex Tuch
    TO

    Giveaway

    A. Tuch

  16. GOALP3 8:20
    Jakub Vrana

    Goal!

    J. Vrana · 2 G

    Goal

    WSH 3 - 3 VGK
  17. P3 8:33Alex Tuch
    TO

    Giveaway

    A. Tuch

  18. P3 8:53Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    E. Kuznetsov · 1 A

  19. P3 9:11Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Shot

  20. P3 9:33Chandler Stephenson

    Big hit on O. Lindberg

    Hit

    C. Stephenson

  21. P3 9:48Jonathan Marchessault

    Shot blocked by M. Niskanen

    Blocked

    J. Marchessault

  22. P3 11:17Ryan Carpenter
    TO

    Takeaway

  23. GOALP3 17:11
    Cody Eakin

    Goal!

    C. Eakin · 1 G, 1 A

    Goal

    WSH 2 - 3 VGK
  24. P3 17:12Oscar Lindberg

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    O. Lindberg · 2 A

  25. P3 17:16Cody Eakin

    Big hit on N. Dowd

    Hit

    C. Eakin · 1 G, 1 A

Leaders

WSHVGK
Goals
Jakub Vrana
2
Nate Schmidt
2
Assists
Brett Connolly
2
Nate Schmidt
1
Points
Jakub Vrana
2
Nate Schmidt
3

Season seriesSeries tied 1-1

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