The Washington Capitals will take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena — the same venue where they lifted the cup in 2018. The matchup marks the Caps’ fourth game of their five-game West Coast road trip that will see them return home later this week. They have nabbed four out of a possible six possible standings points thus far.
With Charlie Lindgren hurt, the Capitals have recalled Hunter Shepard and Darcy Kuemper will get the start.
Like the Los Angeles Kings the other night, the Vegas Golden Knights will be another tough test. The defending champions lead the Pacific Division with a 15-5-4 record.
Tonight’s game is on Monumental Sports Network and puck drop is a little after 10:00 pm (EST). Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call.
Lines
Matthew Phillips, Alex Alexeyev, and Lucas Johansen are the Caps’ scratches.
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Tunnel weirdness
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1st Period
Darcy Kuemper will oppose Logan Thompson in net. Malenstyn-Dowd-Aube-Kubel and Fehervary-Carlson get the start.
Tom Wilson to the penalty box for slashing.
🚨 1-0 Golden Knights. After taking a rink-wide pass from Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault beats Darcy Kuemper past the glove and scores his 10th goal of the season on the resulting Golden Knights’ power play. The goal came 8:53 into the period.
The Capitals have now surrendered the first goal in six of their last seven games.
The Golden Knights outshot the Capitals 10-6 in the first period. The Capitals out-attempted VGK 21-11 at 5v5.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped.
John Carlson to the box for hooking.
The Capitals are just stuck in the defensive zone unable to get out.
🚨 2-0 Golden Knights. Jack Eichel opens Darcy Kuemper’s wickets and scores via the five hole on a breakaway. It’s his 10th of the year. The goal came 7:56 into the period.
John Carlson to the box for tripping.
Evgeny Kuznetsov to the box for roughing.
That was about a bad a period a hockey team can play. The Caps are lucky to only be down 2-0. The Golden Knights 28-9 lead in shots on goal and a 35-28 shot attempts advantage at 5v5. VGK out-attempted the Caps 24-8 in the period.
3rd Period
🚨 3-0 Golden Knights. Mark Stone scores a layup after Jack Eichel hits him with the twister pass. The goal came 50 seconds into the period. This game is effectively over.
Jonathan Marchessault to the box. Caps get their first power play of the night.
🚨 3-1 Golden Knights. With Darcy Kuemper pulled for an extra attacker, Tom Wilson scores in front of the net after getting a great setup by Dylan Strome. Logan Thompson’s shutout is gone. There’s 3:14 remaining for the Caps to tie.
🚨 4-1 Golden Knights. Marchessault scores on the Capitals’ empty net. He’s got two now. There’s 1:57 remaining in the game.
Listless in Las Vegas. Capitals lose a stinky one 4-1. The Caps were outshot 36-22 on the night.
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