Washington Capitals @ Vegas Golden Knights

22-13-2, 8-8-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	0	0	0	0
Golden Knights VGK	3	0	0	3

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsVGK

23-9-2, 15-2-1 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#18
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Madison BoweyM. Bowey#22
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	17:28	3:59	0:34	12:55	10	3	76.9
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	16	12:53	0:00	1:50	11:03	6	7	46.2
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14	13:30	2:31	0:00	10:59	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	13:46	3:05	0:00	10:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	16	15:42	2:47	1:25	11:30	1	4	20.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	19:04	4:15	0:11	14:38	5	7	41.7
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	18:25	3:41	0:27	14:17	2	5	28.6
0	0	-1	3	2	0	1	2	7	0	0	18	20:23	5:38	0:00	14:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	11:15	0:00	0:18	10:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:27	0:00	2:11	10:16	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	13:19	0:00	0:00	13:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	16	13:31	0:00	1:04	12:27	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	13:54	0:00	0:00	13:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	22:32	4:38	3:13	14:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:40	0:00	0:00	12:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	23	23:41	1:08	1:04	21:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	22	24:15	2:08	0:57	21:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	19	17:20	0:00	2:46	14:34	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	3	25	.893	0	0	0	0	0	59:54	0

Vegas Golden Knights


forwards
Pierre-Edouard BellemareP. Bellemare#41
Cody EakinC. Eakin#21
Erik HaulaE. Haula#56
William KarlssonW. Karlsson#71
Brendan LeipsicB. Leipsic#13
Oscar LindbergO. Lindberg#24
Jonathan MarchessaultJ. Marchessault#81
James NealJ. Neal#18
Tomas NosekT. Nosek#92
David PerronD. Perron#57
Reilly SmithR. Smith#19
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Deryk EngellandD. Engelland#5
Brayden McNabbB. McNabb#3
Jon MerrillJ. Merrill#15
Colin MillerC. Miller#6
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88
Shea TheodoreS. Theodore#27

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	17	14:40	0:00	3:34	11:06	8	5	61.5
0	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	2	3	0	17	14:56	0:09	1:13	13:34	3	4	42.9
0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	15:13	3:06	0:22	11:45	7	3	70.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	18	15:35	0:45	1:37	13:13	2	5	28.6
0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	12:43	0:09	0:00	12:34	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	14	12:14	0:00	1:35	10:39	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	18	17:02	3:06	0:00	13:56	7	6	53.8
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	14:36	3:06	0:00	11:30	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	15	12:12	0:00	2:48	9:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	14:50	3:06	0:00	11:44	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	18	16:55	0:45	1:37	14:33	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	16	15:10	0:54	0:46	13:30	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	22	19:48	0:00	4:09	15:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	3	1	2	1	2	0	26	20:25	0:00	2:50	17:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	20	18:41	0:00	0:54	17:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	23	19:51	0:54	2:37	16:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	25	20:29	1:11	2:49	16:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	18	17:54	2:49	0:13	14:52	0	0	0.0

goalies
Marc-Andre FleuryM. Fleury#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	0	26	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	0	0	0	0
	Golden Knights	3	0	0	3

1st Period		VGK
2:37	Alex Tuch (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brendan Leipsic (11), Cody Eakin (11)	1
7:39	Oscar Lindberg (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tomas Nosek (4)	2
14:55	William Karlsson (16) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Reilly Smith (17), Jonathan Marchessault (20)	3

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

Regular Season Series

VGK leads 1-0

Capitals
0
Golden Knights
3

Game 1

24/12

Golden Knights
4
Capitals
3

Game 2

4/2

T-Mobile Arena

1:00 AM, 24 December 2017

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 18,025

Referees:
Dave Jackson

Linesmen:
Bevan Mills

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Philadelphia	18	10	7	43
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Anaheim	21	14	2	44
Vegas	16	8	10	42
Edmonton	18	13	6	42
Los Angeles	15	11	9	39
San Jose	17	16	3	37
Seattle	14	14	6	34
Calgary	15	17	4	34
Vancouver	15	18	3	33

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Washington Capitals @ Vegas Golden Knights

Regular Season Series

VGK leads 1-0

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