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Golden Knights Down Capitals 4-1, Tom Wilson Scores Eighth Goal of Season

By NoVa Caps·

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The Washington Capitals fell to the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday to fall to 2-2-0 on their five-game road trip and 12-7-2 (.619 points percentage) overall. They are 11-4-1 in their last 16 games. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 32 saves in the loss.

Washington’s Lines

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Anthony Mantha
Sonny Milano — Hendrix Lapierre — Aliaksei Protas
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Joel Edmundson — Nick Jensen

Kuemper
Hunter Shepard

Scratched: RW Matthew Phillips, D Alexander Alexeyev, D Lucas Johansen

Injured: C Nicklas Backstrom (hip), LW Max Pacioretty (Achilles), G Charlie Lindgren (illness), RW T.J. Oshie (upper-body)

Washington made no line changes from Thursday’s 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday.

Vegas’ Lines

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Paul Cotter — William Karlsson— Jonathan Marchessault
Brett Howden — Chandler Stephenson — Michael Amadio
William Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

Ben Hutton — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Kaeden Korczak
Nic Hague — Zach Whitecloud

Logan Thompson
Jiri Patera

Scratched: LW Pavel Dorofeyev, D Brayden Pachal

Injured: G Adin Hill (lower-body), D Alec Martinez (lower-body), D Shea Theodore (upper-body)

First Period

Scoring

8:53, 1-0 Vegas (PPG): Marchessault ripped a wrister over the glove of Kuemper in high the slot after Eichel entered the zone and laid him a feed from the half-wall on the right side.

Shots: 10-6 Vegas

Other Notable Stats: 11-9 Vegas in hits, 10-2 Vegas in blocked shots, Vegas won 62% of the faceoffs

Graph: Natural StatTrick

Second Period

Scoring

7:56, 2-0: Eichel got the puck in a breakaway and went five-hole on Kuemper with a wrist shot after Marchessault sent the puck out of the defensive zone up to Eichel.

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Shots: The Golden Knights heavily out-shot the Caps by an 18-4 margin and led with a combined 28-9 through two frames.

Other Notable Stats: The Capitals took their fourth penalty of the game and third of the second period at 18:25. Vegas led with a combined 18-12 hits, 14-8 blocked shots, and 9-2 takeaways.

Third Period

Scoring

The Golden Knights wasted no time adding to their lead, with Vegas captain Mark Stone scoring just 50 seconds into the final frame; assists were credited to Eichel and Ivan Barbashev.

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With 3:12 remaining in regulation, Capitals right wing Tom Wilson put home his eighth goal of the season to end Logan Thompson’s shutout bid on a beautiful feed from Dylan Strome.

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Marchessault would pot an empty-net goal to seal the Golden Knights’ 4-1 victory over Washington.

Shots: The Golden Knights ended the night with a commanding, 36-22 shot lead, although the Caps outshot Vegas 13-8 in the third

Other Notable Stats: Capitals went 0-1 on their first and only power play attempt.

Standings

Washington stayed three points behind the Carolina Hurricanes for second place in the Metropolitan Division standings with two games in hand. They also remained tied with the New York Islanders and two ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins with two games in hand on Pittsburgh and three on New York.

Next game: Monday at Arizona Coyotes (9 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market)

By Harrison Brown, Michael Fleetwood

About Jon Sorensen

Jon has been a Caps fan since day one, attending his first game at the Capital Centre in 1974. His interest in the Caps has grown over the decades and included time as a season ticket holder. He has been a journalist covering the team for 10+ years, primarily focusing on analysis, analytics and prospect development.
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