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Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images
Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesThe Washington Capitals fell to the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 3-2 in overtime at Capital One Arena on Tuesday night. The loss dropped Washington’s record to 5-4-2. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 27 saves in the loss.
Capitals’ Lines vs. Vegas
Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Anthony Mantha
Marcus Johansson — Dylan Strome — Conor Sheary
Joe Snively — Lars Eller — Aliaksei Protas
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson — Matt Irwin
Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
The Capitals shook up their top-six forward group after their 3-2 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday while Snively drew in on the third-line with Mantha moving up.
Injured: LW Carl Hagelin (hip, missed 11th straight game, out indefinitely); RW Tom Wilson (ACL, 11th, indefinite); C Nicklas Backstrom (hip, 11th, indefinite); RW Connor Brown (ACL, seventh, indefinite); RW T.J. Oshie (lower-body, second, indefinite); D John Carlson (lower-body, second, day-to-day)
Scratched: C Connor McMichael
Vegas’ Lines
Chandler Stephenson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Jonathan Marchessault
Michael Amadio — Brett Howden — Phil Kessel
William Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Nic Hague — Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Injured: G Robin Lehner (hip, 11th, indefinitely), G Laurent Brossoit (hip, 11th, indefinitely), C Nolan Patrick (upper-body, indefinitely, 11th)
Scratched: C Jake Leschyshyn, D Ben Hutton, C Paul Cotter
First Period
Scoring
3:39, 1-0 Washington (PPG): Johansson one-timed a shot that ramped up off of Martinez’s stick over the the blocker of Thompson in front from the slot after Strome fed him from down low. Four (three assists) of Johansson’s six points this season have come on the man advantage. Strome earned his team-leading fifth power-play point (fourth assist) of the season. With the secondary assist, Ovechkin extended his point streak to three games (two goals, three points).
Beautiful execution on the power play pic.twitter.com/7ak6iTbf18
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2022
18:55, 1-1 (Vegas PPG): With Orlov in front of the shot lane in the right dot, Eichel hesitated and ripped one past the blocker of Lindgren after getting a feed from up top by Stephenson.
😀 Jack Eichel scores a power-play goal against the Washington Capitals to make it 1-1. @GoldenKnights #VegasBorn #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/qVHwYscDNH
— Did VGK Score?! (@DidVGKScore) November 2, 2022
Malenstyn suffered an upper-body injury after blocking a shot from Hague and would not return.
Hell of a block by Malenstyn but man, that can’t feel good pic.twitter.com/JuGWfyfjzS
— Matt Weyrich (@ByMattWeyrich) November 1, 2022
Shots: 12-6 Vegas
Other notable stats: Washington led 17-10 in hits while both teams posted two takeaways and eight blocked shots. Each team also scored on their lone power play.
Second Period
Scoring
2-1 Washington, 1:01: Off of a faceoff win from Strome, Van Riemsdyk stepped in and wristed one off of the left post and past the blocker of Thompson. It marked Strome’s second multi-assist game in 11 games this season and the 20th of his career.
Perfect screen by Shears for the TVR long ranger pic.twitter.com/6GiqYD5XPk
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 2, 2022
Shots: 19-17 Vegas (11-8 Washington in the second)
Other notable stats: Vegas led 23-20 in hits and 18-17 in blocked shots. Each team was credited with six takeaways.
Third Period
Scoring
2-2, 14:04: After Karlsson fed him from the half-wall, Carrier got the puck in the left dot, stepped in, and ripped a wrist shot off of the right post and in.
😀 William Carrier scores against the Washington Capitals to make it 2-2. @GoldenKnights #VegasBorn #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/FV3vz2c9Ni
— Did VGK Score?! (@DidVGKScore) November 2, 2022
Shots: 29-21 Vegas (including 10-4 in the third)
Other notable stats: Washington led 26-23 in blocked shots, 9-8 in takeaways, and won 57% of the faceoffs. Each team scored once on two power-play opportunities and earned 27 hits.
Overtime
Scoring
3-2 Vegas, 1:35: Theodore snuck behind the Capitals defense, got a feed from Eichel, deked, and squeezed a wrister under the blocker of Lindgren to win it.
Shea Theodore nets the game-winner for Vegas, but watch Jack Eichel control play and set up the goal pic.twitter.com/80nDEqLh4i
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) November 2, 2022
Shots: 30-21 Vegas (including 1-0 in overtime)
Next game: Thursday at Detroit Red Wings (7 PM ET, NBC Sports Washington in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market)
By Harrison Brown
