National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Vegas 5,
Washington 3
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18275
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18275
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Vegas | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
2:30 -
Golden Knights Ryan Reaves
(PP) Assists:
Cody Eakin
, Oscar Lindberg
15:33 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Assists: Brett Connolly |
| Penalties |
|
1:03 -
Capitals Brett Connolly
(2)
Goaltender interference 8:05 - Capitals Madison Bowey (2) Holding 9:43 - Golden Knights Bench (2) Too many men on ice 19:44 - Capitals Nic Dowd (2) Tripping |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
11:42 -
Capitals Alex Ovechkin
(EV) Assists:
Brett Connolly
, Madison Bowey
|
| Penalties |
|
8:35 -
Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov
(2)
Illegal Equipment 15:42 - Golden Knights Ryan Reaves (5) Interference 15:42 - Golden Knights Ryan Reaves (10) Game misconduct |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
2:33 -
Golden Knights Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
(EV) Assists:
Brayden McNabb
, Nate Schmidt
2:49 - Golden Knights Cody Eakin (EV) Assists: Oscar Lindberg , Deryk Engelland 11:40 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Matt Niskanen 18:35 - Golden Knights Nate Schmidt (PP) Assists: Shea Theodore 19:53 - Golden Knights Nate Schmidt (EV) (EN) Unassisted |
| Penalties |
|
3:53 -
Golden Knights Colin Miller
(2)
High sticking 7:14 - Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (2) Slashing 14:46 - Capitals Nic Dowd (4) High Sticking - Double Minor |
Washington Capitals
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Pheonix Copley | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Braden Holtby | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:57 | 37:25 | 10:38 | 10:54 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Matt Niskanen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 22:47 | 15:08 | 2:10 | 5:29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Michal Kempny | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 18:05 | 12:40 | 0:00 | 5:25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 21:57 | 13:15 | 8:42 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 21:37 | 13:16 | 3:08 | 5:13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Brett Connolly | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15:45 | 10:18 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jakub Vrana | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13:17 | 10:00 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13:48 | 8:55 | 0:00 | 4:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 23:32 | 13:56 | 7:33 | 2:03 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 44 |
| Lars Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17:08 | 9:29 | 3:05 | 4:34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 53 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11:15 | 11:10 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Dmitrij Jaskin | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7:30 | 7:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12:09 | 7:37 | 0:00 | 4:32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8:28 | 7:26 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| Christian Djoos | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11:31 | 11:16 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tom Wilson | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14:14 | 9:22 | 1:19 | 3:33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10:32 | 8:31 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| John Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 26:39 | 12:11 | 8:47 | 5:41 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19:33 | 11:01 | 7:21 | 1:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 5 | 13 | 28 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 38:28 | 10:54 | 10:38 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Malcolm Subban | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Brayden McNabb | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22:19 | 15:08 | 0:12 | 6:59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Deryk Engelland | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 3 | 22 | 18:18 | 11:11 | 0:08 | 6:59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Miller | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19:03 | 11:42 | 6:47 | 0:34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Reilly Smith | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 26 | 19:41 | 9:48 | 6:07 | 3:46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Cody Eakin | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 16:44 | 9:46 | 4:32 | 2:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 72 |
| Nick Holden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16:21 | 13:16 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Daniel Carr | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6:19 | 6:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Oscar Lindberg | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | E | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13:49 | 9:24 | 4:25 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Shea Theodore | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14:16 | 10:18 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Carrier | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9:10 | 8:56 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ryan Carpenter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13:29 | 9:15 | 1:42 | 2:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15:46 | 10:57 | 0:14 | 4:35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 90 |
| William Karlsson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 19:55 | 10:10 | 6:08 | 3:37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 48 |
| Ryan Reaves | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 10:48 | 7:51 | 2:57 | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 5 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19:54 | 13:22 | 6:32 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Schmidt | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 23:38 | 15:26 | 4:33 | 3:39 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alex Tuch | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17:17 | 11:16 | 6:01 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Tomas Nosek | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12:13 | 7:53 | 0:00 | 4:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 67 |
Goaltending
| Washington | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Braden Holtby L (10-7-2) | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 0 | 58:57 |
| Vegas | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Marc-Andre Fleury W (15-9-1) | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 0 | 60:00 |