🎰 Away Golden Knights 9-5-3
2–5
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 12-2-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🎰 VGK 1102
🦅 WSH 2125

Golden Knights at Capitals

Capitals beat Golden Knights 5–2 at Capital One Arena on November 9, 2019.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2019-20 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
2 G
6 shots · 19:22 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:08 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Go-ahead 1st · 00:58
Assists: Dmitry Orlov, Jakub Vrana · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
🦅 Tom Wilson 1st · 05:53
Assists: Jakub Vrana · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
🎰 Max Pacioretty 1st · 08:57
Unassisted · beat Braden Holtby
1–2
2nd period
🦅 Jonas Siegenthaler 2nd · 15:32
Assists: Travis Boyd · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3
🎰 Reilly Smith PP 2nd · 17:27
Assists: Jonathan Marchessault, Cody Eakin · beat Braden Holtby
2–3
3rd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP 3rd · 11:30
Assists: John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom Empty net 3rd · 19:14
Assists: T.J. Oshie, John Carlson
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Karlsson · Stone · Smith 19:24
L2 Pacioretty · Stastny · Marchessault 17:27
L3 Eakin · Glass · Roy 11:44
L4 Nosek · Carrier · Reaves 9:39
D1 Theodore · Schmidt 21:24
D2 McNabb · Engelland 18:23
D3 Holden · Merrill 16:37
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 19:51
L2 Vrana · Kuznetsov · Wilson 17:32
L3 Leipsic · Eller · Dowd 12:09
L4 Stephenson · Boyd · Hathaway 10:05
D1 Carlson · Orlov 21:46
D2 Kempny · Gudas 18:30
D3 Siegenthaler · Jensen 14:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎰VGK WSH🦅
32 Shots on goal 34
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
19 Hits 27
7 Blocked shots 14
7 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 9
14 Penalty minutes 10
VGK shooting 6.2% (2/32) WSH shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎰Golden Knights
Marc-Andre Fleury
29/33
.879 SV% · 4 GA · 58:29 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:45 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Evgeny Kuznetsov · 1st 00:58 · 0–1 Tom Wilson · 1st 05:53 · 0–2 Max Pacioretty · 1st 08:57 · 1–2 Jonas Siegenthaler · 2nd 15:32 · 1–3 Reilly Smith · 2nd 17:27 · 2–3 Nicklas Backstrom · 3rd 11:30 · 2–4 Nicklas Backstrom · 3rd 19:14 · 2–5
VGK WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Dec 42018 🦅WSH @ 🎰VGK 3–5 Oct 102018 🎰VGK @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Jun 72018 🦅WSH @ 🎰VGK 4–3 Jun 42018 🎰VGK @ 🦅WSH 2–6 Jun 22018 🎰VGK @ 🦅WSH 1–3
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Who won Golden Knights vs Capitals on November 9, 2019?

Capitals won 5–2. The final score was Golden Knights 2, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Max Pacioretty, Reilly Smith.

Who scored for Capitals?

Nicklas Backstrom (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jonas Siegenthaler, Tom Wilson.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeNov 7 🎰VGK @ 🍁TOR 1–2 AfterNov 10 🎰VGK @ 🐙DET 2–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 7 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 5–4 AfterNov 11 🌵ARI @ 🦅WSH 4–3
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