Eichel tied the game 3-3 at 13:18, amassing an Andersson rebound and ending a wrist shot into the online.
Mitch Marner gave the Golden Knights a 4-3 lead 31 seconds into the third interval with a shot from beneath the blue line via a pair of screens beneath Thompson’s blocker on the ability play.
“’Rass’ made a great individual effort,” Dowd stated. “The building erupted again. You could feel we were lacking energy early. It’s not going to be the same guys every game. … When it’s your time, you try and take advantage of it. I thought, ‘Rass’ did a great job tonight. Then, [Eichel], ‘Marns.” We simply acquired to do a greater job at ending out the game.”
Washington ahead Aliaksei Protas didn’t return to the game after a head-to-head collision with Dowd on a puck pursuit alongside the boards with 1:10 remaining in the primary interval.
Capitals coach Spencer Carbery didn’t have an replace.
“We’re all hands-on deck, and we’re just going to try to find ways to get two points, no matter how it looks, no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the adversity,” Carbery stated. “‘Pro’ goes down. Whatever happens, the guys are going to dig in and do everything they possibly can to get two points, and they left it out on the ice tonight.”
NOTES: Sourdif turned the tenth Capitals rookie in franchise historical past with 9 multipoint video games in a single season, and simply the third since 1990-91. The others: Alex Ovechkin (31 in 2005-06) and Nicklas Backstrom (15 in 2007-08). … Eichel notched his twenty fourth three-point game with the Golden Knights and moved inside considered one of Jonathan Marchessault (25) for the second most in franchise historical past. … Ovechkin performed in his 1,565th game, passing Nicklas Lidstrom (1,564) for the third-most video games performed with one franchise in NHL historical past and the third-most performed by a European-born participant.
