Washington Capitals @ Vegas Golden Knights

12-4-1, 5-2-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	2	2	1	5
Golden Knights VGK	1	1	0	2

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsVGK

11-5-2, 8-2-0 Home

Ovechkin's hat trick and Thompson's 40 saves lead Capitals to 5-2 win over Golden Knights

— Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 40 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as the Washington Capitals beat Vegas 5-2.

Nov 18, 2025, 04:37 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	2	2	1	5
	Golden Knights	1	1	0	2

1st Period		WSH	VGK
5:59	Alex Ovechkin (11) (Power Play) Assists: John Carlson (11), Dylan Strome (20)	1	0
12:26	Jakob Chychrun (5) Assists: Dylan Strome (21)	2	0
19:52	Brett Howden (7) Assists: Alex Pietrangelo (12), Tanner Pearson (5)	2	1

2nd Period		WSH	VGK
2:49	Jakub Vrana (4) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (10), Rasmus Sandin (7)	3	1
7:24	Keegan Kolesar (5) Assists: Tomas Hertl (9), Jack Eichel (23)	3	2
17:38	Alex Ovechkin (12) Assists: Matt Roy (3)	4	2

3rd Period			WSH	VGK
19:23		Alex Ovechkin (13) (Empty Net) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (11), Martin Fehervary (4)	5	2

William Karlsson faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Alex Pietrangelo hit Aliaksei Protas
Brett Howden hit Aliaksei Protas
Tanner Pearson hit Lars Eller
Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
Jack Eichel Backhand Wide Left
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Lars Eller
Tom Wilson shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Zach Whitecloud shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
Tomas Hertl Tripping against Pierre-Luc Dubois
William Karlsson faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Ben Hutton hit Matt Roy
Tanner Pearson hit Nic Dowd
Takeaway by Shea Theodore
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Tomas Hertl Tip-In Above Crossbar
Tomas Hertl hit Nic Dowd
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Lars Eller
Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Brett Howden
William Karlsson Backhand Wide Right
Giveaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
Kaedan Korczak hit Tom Wilson
Tomas Hertl hit John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
Takeaway by Noah Hanifin
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Brett Howden hit Matt Roy
Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Jack Eichel
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Keegan Kolesar hit Matt Roy
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Lars Eller
Jakub Vrana shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
Kaedan Korczak hit Jakub Vrana
Giveaway by Tanner Pearson
William Karlsson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Tanner Pearson hit Jakob Chychrun
Alex Pietrangelo Snap Shot Wide Left
Brett Howden Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Pietrangelo (12), Tanner Pearson (5)
Takeaway by Nicolas Roy
Noah Hanifin Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tomas Hertl Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Takeaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
Jack Eichel Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brett Howden Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
William Karlsson faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Alex Pietrangelo hit Tom Wilson
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Short
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jack Eichel Snap Shot Wide Right
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Eichel hit Jakob Chychrun
Tanner Pearson hit Brandon Duhaime
Brett Howden hit Matt Roy
William Karlsson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Tanner Pearson
Tanner Pearson Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Shea Theodore Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
Giveaway by Tomas Hertl
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
Keegan Kolesar Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Tomas Hertl (9), Jack Eichel (23)
Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Lars Eller
Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
Keegan Kolesar hit Jakob Chychrun
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Wide Left
William Karlsson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Giveaway by Brett Howden
Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
William Karlsson Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Tanner Pearson hit Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Ivan Barbashev hit Rasmus Sandin
Nic Dowd shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
Giveaway by Jack Eichel
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Jakub Vrana shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Takeaway by Nicolas Roy
Kaedan Korczak shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
William Karlsson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Zach Whitecloud hit Connor McMichael
Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Tanner Pearson
Alexander Holtz hit Lars Eller
Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
Keegan Kolesar hit Nic Dowd
Connor McMichael shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Zach Whitecloud Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Lars Eller
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Zach Whitecloud Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Alex Pietrangelo hit Taylor Raddysh
William Karlsson hit Nic Dowd
Tanner Pearson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
Brett Howden hit Martin Fehervary
Connor McMichael shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Jack Eichel
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot Wide Left
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
Alexander Holtz hit Taylor Raddysh
Giveaway by Alexander Holtz
Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
Giveaway by Shea Theodore
Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Alex Pietrangelo Slap Shot Wide Left
Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
William Karlsson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
William Karlsson Poke saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Jack Eichel Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Brett Howden faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Lars Eller
Giveaway by Jack Eichel
Cole Schwindt Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Cole Schwindt Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Cole Schwindt Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Cole Schwindt Wrist Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Shea Theodore
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Pavel Dorofeyev Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Giveaway by Shea Theodore
Giveaway by Jack Eichel
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Shea Theodore Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Eichel Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Martin Fehervary hit Keegan Kolesar
Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Takeaway by John Carlson
Puck in Netting
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Hand Pass
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Tanner Pearson shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Puck in Netting
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Alex Ovechkin Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: John Carlson (11), Dylan Strome (20)
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Matt Roy Snap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Andrew Mangiapane
Alex Ovechkin Hooking against Nicolas Roy
TV Timeout
Puck in Benches
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against William Karlsson
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jakob Chychrun Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (21)
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Trevor van Riemsdyk Slap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Puck in Benches
Jakub Vrana faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Jakob Chychrun hit Keegan Kolesar
Alex Ovechkin Tip-In Wide Right
Nic Dowd hit Alexander Holtz
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Off-side
Tom Wilson Tip-In Wide Left
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
John Carlson Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Connor McMichael Slap Shot Short
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Off-side
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot Wide Right
Off-side
Nic Dowd faceoff won against William Karlsson
Off-side
Keegan Kolesar shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Taylor Raddysh Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
Matt Roy hit Tanner Pearson
Jakub Vrana Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (10), Rasmus Sandin (7)
Lars Eller hit Cole Schwindt
Takeaway by Jakub Vrana
Lars Eller hit Cole Schwindt
Shea Theodore shot blocked by John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun hit Ivan Barbashev
Ivan Barbashev shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Icing
Puck in Netting
Connor McMichael Slap Shot Wide Right
John Carlson Wrap-around saved by Ilya Samsonov
Martin Fehervary Slap Shot Wide Left
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Wide Left
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against William Karlsson
Off-side
Lars Eller faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Icing
Lars Eller Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Icing
Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Taylor Raddysh hit Brayden McNabb
Off-side
Lars Eller faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Off-side
Lars Eller faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Andrew Mangiapane hit Zach Whitecloud
Puck in Netting
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Matt Roy
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Matt Roy
Puck in Netting
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Taylor Raddysh hit Nicolas Roy
Icing
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Icing
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against William Karlsson
Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Alex Ovechkin hit Shea Theodore
Takeaway by Matt Roy
Alex Ovechkin Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Roy (3)
Jakub Vrana Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Wide Right
Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot Wide Left
Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Tom Wilson hit Keegan Kolesar
Martin Fehervary hit Keegan Kolesar
Goalie Stopped
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Connor McMichael Deflected saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Ivan Barbashev shot blocked by Dylan Strome
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Short
Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
Icing
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Puck in Netting
Tom Wilson hit Noah Hanifin
Goalie Stopped
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against William Karlsson
John Carlson Slap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by John Carlson
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Ivan Barbashev shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Andrew Mangiapane Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Giveaway by Matt Roy
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Goalie Puck Frozen - played from beyond center
Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot Wide Right
Trevor van Riemsdyk Slap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
Pierre-Luc Dubois Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
William Karlsson shot blocked by John Carlson
John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Brandon Duhaime hit Pavel Dorofeyev
Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Aliaksei Protas
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Tom Wilson hit Keegan Kolesar
Nic Dowd hit Kaedan Korczak
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Martin Fehervary hit Ivan Barbashev
Off-side
Icing
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Matt Roy
Puck in Netting
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Takeaway by Connor McMichael
Puck in Benches
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Puck in Netting
Goalie Stopped
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
Icing
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Goalie Stopped
Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by John Carlson
Shea Theodore shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Giveaway by Martin Fehervary
Alex Ovechkin Goal (13) Backhand, assists: Aliaksei Protas (11), Martin Fehervary (4)
Icing
Lars Eller faceoff won against Cole Schwindt

CAPITALS

GOLDEN KNIGHTS

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-0

Golden Knights
2
Capitals
4

Game 1

16/10

Capitals
5
Golden Knights
2

Game 2

18/11

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	27	16	14	68
Edmonton	28	22	8	64
Seattle	27	20	9	63
Anaheim	30	23	3	63
Los Angeles	23	19	14	60
San Jose	27	24	4	58
Calgary	23	27	6	52
Vancouver	18	33	6	42

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Washington Capitals @ Vegas Golden Knights

Stars of the Game

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Logan ThompsonG - WSH

Tomas HertlC - VGK

Game Information

Ovechkin's hat trick and Thompson's 40 saves lead Capitals to 5-2 win over Golden Knights

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-0

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