GDT #74 Caps at Golden Knights SOW 5-4

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March 28 vs Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena
Time: 10:30
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network

Washington Capitals 36-28-9
PP% 16.7(28th) PK% 79.8(15th) Faceoff% 49.7(17th)
Vegas Golden Knights 32-26-15
PP% 24.5(5th) PK% 82.3(4th) Faceoff% 51.1(9th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Beauvillier 72 - Sourdif 34 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - Lapierre 29 - Miroshnichenko 63

Fehérváry 42 - Sandin 38
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Hutson 44 - Roy(A) 3

Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, McMichael, Sourdif, Hutson
PP2: Ovechkin, Wilson, Dubois, Leonard, Chychrun

scratched:
Kampf 64
Liljegren 27
Chisholm 47
McIlrath 52
Frank 53 - lower body - day to day

Vegas anticipated lines:
Barbashev 49 - Eichel(A) 9 - Stone(C) 61
Marner 92 - Hertl 48 - Dorofeyev 16
R Smith 19 - Howden 21 - Sissons 10
C Smith 22 - Dowd 26 - Kolesar 55

McNabb(A) 3 - Theodore 27
Hanifin 15 - Hutton 17
Lauzon 5 - Andersson 4

Hill 33
Schmid 40 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Chris Schlenker 3, Justin Kea 36
Ryan Gibbons 58, Mark Shewchyk 92

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-vegas

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x9234

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/03/51639/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-28-26/

scoring summary
1st period:
Lapierre(4) from Miroshnichenko and Duhaime at 6:06
2nd period:
Sourdif(15) PPG from McMichael and Hutson at 1:55
Beauvillier(14) from Leonard and Sourdif at 6:49
Dowd SHG unassisted at 10:38
Andersson SHG from Eichel at 11:03
Eichel from Andersson and Lauzon at 13:18
3rd period:
Marner PPG from Dorofeyev and Eichel at :31
Strome(17) PPG from Hutson and Ovechkin at 8:54
OT:
no goals
SO:
Strome    ✅   Andersson  ❎
Leonard   ❎   Eichel         ❎
Dubois     ❎   Dorofeyev  ❎

Caps win 5-4

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After this morning’s practice coach said same players as last game, nothing about lines yet.

[BlackIce]

After this morning’s practice coach said same players as last game, nothing about lines yet.

So we traded two draft picks for two players who, between them, have played two games thus far since they were acquired.  And the point was .....?

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Both of them are UFA’s at the end of the season too. Starting to look like pointless rentals. But, they did trade off Carlson instead of resigning him.

[Mickstix]

Makes me wonder (about Lilgren) if coach and gm we not on the same page? Can't believe they saw all they needed from him in 2 games. 2 draft picks is 2 draft picks.. Plenty of diamonds been found in later rounds over the years.. Poor asset management, imo.

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GOOOAAALLLL

LAPIERRE

[Mickstix]

Damn, got to watching Jimmy Falla and missed the start. Need to see how Lappi scored.

[Mickstix]

Ovi looks like he wants 30 sooner rather than later.

[Mickstix]

Bro done fell asleep on me.. 


Protas and Dowd collided at the end of the 1st. Head to head it looked like. Both down for the count, then got help off. Dowd retuned to VGN bench to start the 2nd. No Pro for the Caps though..


1-0 Caps after 1. 

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Caps up 1-0 after one

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PP time

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PP GOOOAAALLLL

SOURDIF

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Protas and Dowd collide head to head late in the 1st. Pro looked cuncused. Dowd is back out in the 2nd likely with stitches. Pro is not out for the 2nd.

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PK time

[Mickstix]

I just don't like PLD's game. Other than "he's responsible", he brings nothing. Not consistently anyway. Especially at 8.5m for nearly a decade..    Wish they could find someone dumb as we were to take that contract.


* And now he's down the tunnel. Didn't mean to wish any ill will on him..  lol

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GOOOAAALLLL

BEAUVILLIER

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I just don't like PLD's game. Other than "he's responsible", he brings nothing. Not consistently anyway. Especially at 8.5m for nearly a decade..    Wish they could find someone dumb as we were to take that contract.

He just went to the locker room

[Mickstix]

He just went to the locker room

Truth hurts..    Hope he's ok.

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nother pp . .

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Dowd gets a shorty, his 1st goal as a golden knight