Eller, Holtby shine as Capitals even Stanley Cup Final with Knights

“The good news is they probably should have won it, the bad news is if you let Vegas win a game where they weren’t very good, that’s a scary thing”. Cody Eakin pounced on it and fed a cross-crease pass to Alex Tuch. We have a really strong leadership group, which I’ve spoken about all year. “That’s one of our strengths”. James Neal, who opened the scoring less than eight minutes into the opening frame, and Shea Theodore tallied for the Golden Knights.

Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was injured on a first period hit by Brayden McNabb and didn’t return to the game. The Caps avoided any hotheaded retaliation and concentrated on a gritty effort that was enough to even the series.

For perspective, the four goals Washington scored on Monday night were one more goal than the LA Kings scored during their entire series against the Knights.

The Vegas Golden Knights have shocked the sporting world by playing for a championship in their inaugural season. Washington is now 9-3 away from home this postseason.

And it’s about to get worse: The mercury on the Strip could hit triple digits Wednesday for Game 2, when the league is likely to see its hottest outdoor temperature ever recorded at a Final game. But the heat didn’t fry the spirits of the fans who filled the plaza next to T-Mobile Arena to capacity before the puck dropped, continuing this gambling mecca’s fanatical support of its first major pro sports team. Vegas leads the series 1-0.

NHL Network’s on-site coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals starts at 4 p.m. Melrose said he was surprised they were this good this fast during the regular season, but that regular season performance meant this playoff run hasn’t shocked him.

The story of how Mario Kart, a game in which players race cartoonish avatars around a course, became a passion for two Stanley Cup finals teams began in Toronto’s Chinatown during last year’s postseason.

Eller proved to be a hugely important depth piece for the Capitals earlier in these playoffs when Nicklas Backstrom went down with a hand injury.

Carlson, who was cross-checked to the ice by Vegas’ Ryan Reaves before he scored the tying goal in the third period, was asked if he’d like the refs to call a stricter game.

That Washington only had one power play was a big reason why Ovechkin, who has nine points on the man-advantage, was kept so quiet.

Because the console had been purchased with the fine fund, he thought it only fair that it stay in Washington even after he was selected by the Golden Knights in the expansion draft later that summer. “Bottom line is we were right in that game I think, it was right there for us to grab, we just came short”. The save, pictured in the headline photo, was only one of Holtby’s 37 on the night. At Game 1, the scoreboard captured numerous shots of young fans seeing their team compete for the Stanley Cup for the first time.