The Washington Capitals returned to the Nevada desert intent on racking up another win, but the Vegas Golden Knights had other ideas. Seems like maybe they’ve been holding a grudge?
Ryan Reaves gave Vegas an early lead with a power-play goal, but the Caps responded later that period with a great rush goal from Vrana, set up by Brett Connolly. The second period was packed with big hits but the lone goal belonged to Alex Ovechkin, cleaning up a lively bounce off a Madison Bowey shot.
The Knights killed a five-minute major in the third and then scored a tricky deflection goal to tie the game. All of sixteen second later, Cody Eakin gave Vegas the lead. With about eight minutes left, Jakub Vrana recorded his second goal of the game to tie it up. But tthen, with just a minute and change to go, that goddamn Nate Schmidt scored the game-winner for the Knights and added an empty-netter.
Caps lose 5-3.
Looking good, @OvietheBulldog and @BarkAndreFurry! pic.twitter.com/qY7jl7XCcn
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 5, 2018
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsKnights Black suit with a violet tie for the Stanley Cup rematch pic.twitter.com/wY7BaOlEIZ
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 5, 2018
I imagine we’ll have some unsavory takes in the comments about Wilson deserving what he got. Only the most base, crude, and cruel notions of justice would allow that idea. I’ve no time for vicious nonsense.
Now, ex-Caps defenseman Nate Schmidt, lost in the expansion draft to Vegas and the Caps’ former GM, who then dragged his team to the Cup Final in their first season of existence only to lose to his former friends and teammates, scoring the game-winning goal in his first game against his former team, and doing so late in the third period against the very goalie for whom he was a kind of ersatz goalie coach – well, that’s probably justice. I still hate it.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Golden Knights
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