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  • Game Recap – 12/4/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vegas Golden Knights

    Game Recap – 12/4/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vegas Golden Knights

    Washington Capitals (15-8-3 33pts) v. Vegas Golden Knights (14-13-1 29pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Former Washington Capital Nate Schmidt would net the late game winner and an empty netter to seal the deal for the Vegas Golden Knights against the Capitals, making their return to Vegas an unsuccessful one. The Capitals were unable to capitalize on their powerplay opportunities, and put themselves into penalty trouble once again.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Dmitrij Jaskin

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Christian Djoos — Madison Bowey

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Travis Boyd

    Injured: T.J. Oshie (concussion), Brooks Orpik (knee surgery)

     

    Vegas Golden Knights:

    Jonathan Marchessault — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith

    Oscar Lindberg — Cody Eakin — Alex Tuch

    Daniel Carr — Tomas Nosek — Ryan Carpenter

    William Carrier — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Ryan Reaves

    Brayden McNabb — Nate Schmidt

    Shea Theodore — Deryk Engelland

    Nick Holden — Colin Miller

    Marc-Andre Fleury

    Malcolm Subban

    Scratched: Jon Merrill, Brad Hunt, Max Pacioretty

    Injured: Erik Haula (lower body), Paul Stastny (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 1:03 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

    Golden Knights PPG – 2:30 – Ryan Reaves (6) from Cody Eakin (8) and Oscar Lindberg (1)

    Capitals Penalty – 8:05 – Madison Bowey 2 minutes for Holding

    Golden Knights Penalty – 9:43 – Bench (Daniel Carr) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Capitals Goal – 15:33 – Jakub Vrana (7) from Brett Connolly (11)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:44 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1      VGK – 1

    Shots             09                 07

    Faceoffs        07                 19

    Hits               09                 20

    PP                 0/1                1/2 *3rd in Progress

     

    Analysis:

    This was an ok period for the Capitals. They’ve gotten themselves into penalty trouble which allowed Vegas to take the 1-0 lead and a powerplay to start the second period. The Capitals are not doing well in the faceoff circle and they are being physically dominated by the Golden Knights in the hits category. However, they have responded well and got a good goal from Jakub Vrana to tie the game.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to kill off this penalty, and then stay out of the box and stop giving the Golden Knights opportunities. Also the Capitals need to do a much better job in faceoff circle and pick up their physical play as they were horribly dominated in hits.

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 8:35 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Illegal Equipment

    Capitals Goal -11:42 – Alex Ovechkin (20) from Brett Connolly (12) and Madison Bowey (5)

    Golden Knights Penalty – 15:42 – Ryan Reaves 5 minutes for Interference

    Golden Knights Penalty – 15:42 – Ryan Reaves – Game Misconduct

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 2    VGK – 1

    Shots             18                 17

    Faceoffs        18                 26

    Hits               22                 35

    PP                 0/2                1/4

     

    Analysis:

    This was a better period for the Capitals as they were better in the faceoff circle and they also were able to get the lone goal of the period. However, they were still dominated in the hits category, plus they did not do much with their lone powerplay which was a 5 minute one.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to keep on pressing the play, and play a full 20 minutes. Also the Capitals need to do a much better job with their powerplay opportunities.

     

    Third Period:

    Golden Knights Goal – 2:33 – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4) from Brayden McNabb (3) and Nate Schmidt (2)

    Golden Knights Goal – 2:49 – Cody Eakin (11) from Oscar Lindberg (2) and Deryk Engelland (4)

    Golden Knights Penalty – 3:53 – Colin Miller 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Golden Knights Penalty – 7:14 – Jonathan Marchessault 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Goal – 11:40 – Jakub Vrana (8) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (18) and Matt Niskanen (9)

    Capitals Penalty – 14:46 – Nic Dowd 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Golden Knights PPG – 18:35 – Nate Schmidt (1) from Shea Theodore (12)

    Golden Knights ENG – 19:53 – Nate Schmidt (2) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 3    VGK – 5

    Shots             26                 28

    Faceoffs        26                 37

    Hits               40                 41

    PP                 0/4                2/6

     

    Analysis:

    This was a letdown of a period for the Capitals. They gave up two goals in a span of 16 seconds in the first 3 minutes of the period, and did not play with much gusto throughout the period.

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (15-9-3 33pts) @ Arizona (13-11-2 28pts)

    Vegas (15-13-1 31pts) v. Chicago (9-14-5 23pts)