NHL Recaps: Thursday, Jun 7, 2018

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

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Washington Capitals

Vegas Golden Knights

Washington Capitals edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at VGK. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:44 together.

•Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:31.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:44 together.
•WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:08 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Reilly Smith VGK	vs WSH	1	1	2	3	1	1	19:31	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Perron–Tatar–Eakin skated 9:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Carrier–Bellemare–Nosek skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs WSH	L	33	4	.879
Braden Holtby WSH	at VGK	W	31	3	.903

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