NHL

Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights

· National Hockey League
Washington Capitals
37-28-9
Final
5 - 4
Vegas Golden Knights
32-26-16

Dylan Strome scores in regulation and shootout as Capitals beat Golden Knights 5-4

Golden Knights drop 3rd in a row with loss to Capitals

After squandering an early 3-0 lead, the Capitals erased a 4-3 deficit to force overtime and pull out the win.

Hendrix Lapierre, Justin Sourdif, Anthony Beauvillier and Strome scored for the Capitals, and Cole Hutson had his first career multi-point game. Former Golden Knight Logan Thompson stopped 25 shots.

Former Capital Nic Dowd, Rasmus Andersson, Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner scored for the Knights, and Adin Hill made 17 saves.

Washington seemingly had control of the game after opening a 3-0 lead by the midway point of the second period.

Lapierre gave Washington a 1-0 lead a little more than six minutes into the game, while Sourdig and Beauvillier scored inside the first seven minutes of the second period to make it 3-0.

But the Golden Knights answered with four unanswered goals and took a 4-3 lead just 31 seconds into the third period.

After leaving the game late in the first period following a collision that left him bleeding from the head, Dowd got Vegas on the board with a short-handed goal. Andersson scored 25 seconds later for the team’s fifth short-handed goal of the season.

Strome tied the game on the power play at 8:54 of the third period off a feed from Hutson. The Capitals went 2-for-6 on the man advantage.

After losing their first six regular-season meetings in Vegas, the Capitals have now won their last two visits to T-Mobile Arena.

Up next Capitals: Host Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Golden Knights: Host Vancouver on Monday.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 6:06 Hendrix Lapierre Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Ivan Miroshnichenko (1), Brandon Duhaime (5)
Goal 2nd Period 1:55 Justin Sourdif Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Connor McMichael (27), Cole Hutson (3)
Goal 2nd Period 6:49 Anthony Beauvillier Goal (14) Tip-In, assists: Ryan Leonard (22), Justin Sourdif (17)
Goal 2nd Period 10:38 Nic Dowd Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 11:03 Rasmus Andersson Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (52)
Goal 2nd Period 13:18 Jack Eichel Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Andersson (26)
Goal 3rd Period 0:31 Mitch Marner Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (26), Jack Eichel (53)
Goal 3rd Period 8:54 Dylan Strome Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Cole Hutson (4), Alex Ovechkin (28)
Goal 5 0:00 Dylan Strome Goal Backhand

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 11
18 Hits 15
8 Takeaways 3
22 Shots 29
2 Power Play Goals 1
6 Power Play Opportunities 3
33.3 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 2
0 Shootout Goals 0
30 Faceoffs Won 32
48.4 Faceoff Win Percent 51.6
20 Giveaways 20
3 Total Penalties 6
8 Penalty Minutes 12
Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Rasmus Sandin, D Out Apr 22
Pierre-Luc Dubois, LW Out Apr 16
Charlie Lindgren, G Out Apr 14
Eriks Mateiko, LW Out Jan 13

Game Information

T-Mobile Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 17,922 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 7 22 113 53
Pittsburgh 16 25 98 41
Philadelphia 12 27 98 43
Washington 9 30 95 43
Columbus 12 30 92 40
NY Islanders 5 34 91 43
New Jersey 3 37 87 42
NY Rangers 9 39 77 34

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 17 26 95 39
Edmonton 11 30 93 41
Anaheim 6 33 92 43
Los Angeles 20 27 90 35
San Jose 8 35 86 39
Seattle 11 37 79 34
Calgary 9 39 77 34
Vancouver 8 49 58 25
Full Standings