Vegas Golden Knights Game Notes Sat, Dec 23, 2017 NHL Game #555 Vegas Golden Knights 22 - 9 - 2 (46 pts) Washington Capitals 22 - 12 - 2 (46 pts) Team Game: 34 14 - 2 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 37 14 - 5 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 18 8 - 7 - 1 (Road) Road Game: 18 8 - 7 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 29 Marc-Andre Fleury 7 5 1 1 2.25 .932 31 Philipp Grubauer 12 2 5 2 2.98 .898 30 Malcolm Subban 11 8 2 0 2.30 .922 70 Braden Holtby 27 20 7 0 2.64 .919 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Brayden McNabb 30 2 5 7 12 27 2 D Matt Niskanen 23 2 8 10 15 12 5 D Deryk Engelland 32 3 8 11 6 14 4 D Taylor Chorney 21 1 2 3 8 6 6 D Colin Miller 33 5 14 19 -2 26 8 L Alex Ovechkin 36 23 14 37 9 12 13 L Brendan Leipsic 25 0 10 10 -1 4 9 D Dmitry Orlov 36 4 8 12 7 8 15 D Jon Merrill 8 1 1 2 2 6 10 R Brett Connolly 27 7 3 10 -7 6 18 L James Neal 33 17 10 27 4 16 13 L Jakub Vrana 35 10 6 16 7 6 19 R Reilly Smith 33 9 16 25 8 16 18 C Chandler Stephenson 26 2 7 9 7 4 21 C Cody Eakin 33 4 10 14 -6 10 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 35 7 21 28 6 14 24 C Oscar Lindberg 32 6 0 6 -5 8 20 C Lars Eller 35 4 11 15 1 26 27 D Shea Theodore 18 2 8 10 -3 0 22 D Madison Bowey 29 0 7 7 -2 18 41 L Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 33 3 1 4 2 4 25 R Devante Smith-Pelly 34 5 6 11 -2 8 56 L Erik Haula 29 13 11 24 1 17 29 D Christian Djoos 27 2 4 6 7 6 57 L David Perron 27 7 20 27 5 26 39 R Alex Chiasson 35 6 2 8 -4 17 71 C William Karlsson 33 15 12 27 10 2 43 R Tom Wilson 32 5 11 16 10 91 77 D Brad Hunt 17 0 7 7 0 2 44 D Brooks Orpik 36 0 5 5 -2 34 81 C Jonathan Marchessault 30 12 19 31 9 18 65 L Andre Burakovsky 16 3 5 8 -1 19 88 D Nate Schmidt 33 2 13 15 8 6 74 D John Carlson 36 3 24 27 -2 20 89 R Alex Tuch 29 7 8 15 3 8 77 R T.J. Oshie 30 11 13 24 1 6 92 L Tomas Nosek 31 3 3 6 3 4 79 L Nathan Walker 9 1 0 1 0 6 C Ryan Carpenter 16 0 1 1 1 2 83 C Jay Beagle 36 4 7 11 1 8 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 36 12 26 38 1 26 Chairman, CEO and Governor Bill Foley Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan President of Hockey Operations & George McPhee Head Coach Barry Trotz General Manager Associate Coach/Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden/Blaine Forsythe, Executive VP, Asst. General Manager Kelly McCrimmon Lane Lambert Head Coach Gerard Gallant Goaltending Coach Scott Murray Coaching Staff Assistants - Mike Kelly, Ryan Video Coach/Analyst Brett Leonhardt/Tim Ohashi Craig, Ryan McGill Goaltending - David Prior Video - Tommy Cruz Tonight's Officials Referees Dave Jackson (8), Jake Brenk (26) Linesmen Ryan Gibbons (58), Bevan Mills (53) Supervisor Tim Fitzpatrick Video Judge Ralph Humphlett Ntl. Anthem Stefania Zaretti Today's Schedule DET @ BOS : 1:00 WPG @ NYI : 1:00 MTL @ EDM : 5:00 WSH @ VGK : 5:00 COL @ ARI : 6:00 BUF @ CAR : 7:00 PHI @ CBJ : 7:00 NSH @ DAL : 7:00 OTT @ FLA : 7:00 CHI @ NJD : 7:00 TOR @ NYR : 7:00 ANA @ PIT : 7:00 LAK @ SJS : 7:00 MIN @ TBL : 7:00 STL @ VAN : 7:00 Vegas Golden Knights: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 3 Brayden McNabb D 6' 4" 212 Jan 21, 1991 Davidson, SK, CAN 5 Deryk Engelland D 6' 2" 214 Apr 3, 1982 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 196 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 13 Brendan Leipsic L 5' 10" 180 May 19, 1994 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 15 Jon Merrill D 6' 3" 205 Feb 3, 1992 Oklahoma City, OK, USA 18 James Neal L 6' 2" 221 Sep 3, 1987 Whitby, ON, CAN 19 Reilly Smith R 6' 0" 185 Apr 1, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 21 Cody Eakin C 6' 0" 190 May 24, 1991 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 24 Oscar Lindberg C 6' 1" 202 Oct 29, 1991 Skellefteå, SWE 27 Shea Theodore D 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1995 Langley, BC, CAN 29 Marc-Andre Fleury G 6' 2" 180 Nov 28, 1984 Sorel, QC, CAN 30 Malcolm Subban G 6' 2" 200 Dec 21, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 6' 0" 198 Mar 6, 1985 Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA 56 Erik Haula L 6' 0" 193 Mar 23, 1991 Pori, FIN 57 David Perron L 6' 0" 200 May 28, 1988 Sherbrooke, QC, CAN 71 William Karlsson C 6' 1" 189 Jan 8, 1993 Marsta, SWE 77 Brad Hunt D 5' 9" 187 Aug 24, 1988 Maple Ridge, BC, CAN 81 Jonathan Marchessault C 5' 9" 174 Dec 27, 1990 Cap-Rouge, QC, CAN 88 Nate Schmidt D 6' 1" 194 Jul 16, 1991 St. Cloud, MN, USA 89 Alex Tuch R 6' 4" 222 May 10, 1996 Syracuse, NY, USA 92 Tomas Nosek L 6' 3" 210 Sep 1, 1992 Pardubice, CZE Ryan Carpenter C 6' 0" 200 Jan 18, 1991 Oviedo, FL, USA 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 197 Age: 27.1 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 28 William Carrier L 6' 2" 212 Dec 20, 1994 LaSalle, QC, CAN 35 Oscar Dansk G 6' 3" 195 Feb 28, 1994 Stockholm, SWE 47 Luca Sbisa D 6' 2" 209 Jan 30, 1990 Ozieri, ITA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks JONATHAN MARCHESSAUL (2 / 2 Games) JONATHAN MARCHESSAUL (3 / 2 Games) JAMES NEAL (3-1-4 / 3 Games) SHEA THEODORE (4 / 2 Games) ERIK HAULA (5-5-10 / 7 Games) JONATHAN MARCHESSAUL (2-3-5 / 2 Games) SHEA THEODORE (1-4-5 / 2 Games) Washington Capitals: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Matt Niskanen D 6' 1" 203 Dec 6, 1986 Virginia, MN, USA 4 Taylor Chorney D 6' 0" 193 Apr 27, 1987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 235 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 212 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 10 Brett Connolly R 6' 3" 195 May 2, 1992 Campbell River, BC, CAN 13 Jakub Vrana L 6' 0" 197 Feb 28, 1996 Prague, CZE 18 Chandler Stephenson C 6' 0" 203 Apr 22, 1994 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 210 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK 22 Madison Bowey D 6' 2" 198 Apr 22, 1995 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 6' 0" 223 Jun 14, 1992 Scarborough, ON, CAN 29 Christian Djoos D 6' 0" 169 Aug 6, 1994 Gothenburg, SWE 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 191 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 39 Alex Chiasson R 6' 4" 208 Oct 1, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 218 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 44 Brooks Orpik D 6' 3" 217 Sep 26, 1980 San Francisco, CA, USA 65 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 201 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT 70 Braden Holtby G 6' 2" 211 Sep 16, 1989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 218 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 195 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 79 Nathan Walker L 5' 9" 186 Feb 7, 1994 Cardiff, GBR 83 Jay Beagle C 6' 3" 218 Oct 16, 1985 Calgary, AB, CAN 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 2" 204 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 27.3 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks JOHN CARLSON (4 / 4 Games) JOHN CARLSON (1-4-5 / 5 Games) Vegas Golden Knights: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 81 Jonathan Marchessault 30 12 19 31 9 18 3 0 1 104 11.5 17:18 47.90 33 11 L 18 James Neal 33 17 10 27 4 16 4 0 4 97 17.5 17:35 0.00 17 13 C 71 William Karlsson 33 15 12 27 10 2 3 2 3 69 21.7 18:27 46.98 14 24 L 57 David Perron 27 7 20 27 5 26 1 0 2 47 14.9 17:41 35.21 52 9 R 19 Reilly Smith 33 9 16 25 8 16 3 0 1 74 12.2 18:11 30.00 20 12 L 56 Erik Haula 29 13 11 24 1 17 4 0 4 69 18.8 17:19 51.83 28 17 D 6 Colin Miller 33 5 14 19 -2 26 2 0 0 73 6.8 18:29 100.00 55 20 R 89 Alex Tuch 29 7 8 15 3 8 2 0 0 72 9.7 14:35 37.03 30 20 D 88 Nate Schmidt 33 2 13 15 8 6 0 0 0 45 4.4 22:36 0.00 16 54 C 21 Cody Eakin 33 4 10 14 -6 10 0 0 0 42 9.5 15:33 53.84 19 19 D 5 Deryk Engelland 32 3 8 11 6 14 0 0 0 42 7.1 19:29 0.00 50 67 D 27 Shea Theodore 18 2 8 10 -3 0 1 0 1 35 5.7 19:23 0.00 6 27 D 47 Luca Sbisa 23 1 9 10 6 8 0 0 0 22 4.5 20:19 0.00 35 41 L 13 Brendan Leipsic 25 0 10 10 -1 4 0 0 0 42 0.0 12:42 62.50 21 12 D 3 Brayden McNabb 30 2 5 7 12 27 0 0 1 38 5.3 20:02 0.00 85 72 D 77 Brad Hunt 17 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 27 0.0 17:37 0.00 8 15 C 24 Oscar Lindberg 32 6 0 6 -5 8 0 0 0 41 14.6 12:50 51.85 33 15 L 92 Tomas Nosek 31 3 3 6 3 4 0 1 0 44 6.8 10:40 56.00 28 9 L 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 33 3 1 4 2 4 0 0 1 35 8.6 11:51 51.98 15 27 D 15 Jon Merrill 8 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 1 7 14.3 16:16 0.00 6 9 L 28 William Carrier 20 1 1 2 1 17 0 0 0 28 3.6 08:39 0.00 46 8 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 29 Marc-Andre Fleury 7 427 2.25 5 1 1 0 16 218 .932 0 0 0 30 Malcolm Subban 11 627 2.30 8 2 0 0 24 284 .922 0 0 0 35 Oscar Dansk 4 169 1.78 3 0 0 1 5 88 .946 0 0 0 Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 36 12 26 38 1 26 3 0 3 86 14.0 18:58 46.05 24 14 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 36 23 14 37 9 12 6 0 4 162 14.2 19:17 40.00 61 10 C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 35 7 21 28 6 14 2 0 0 63 11.1 19:33 52.22 16 23 D 74 John Carlson 36 3 24 27 -2 20 1 0 1 104 2.9 26:17 0.00 25 66 R 77 T.J.