Stars and Sticks
Fansided

Capitals: Top 3 key players to watch against Golden Knights

By Michael Marzzacco

LAS VEGAS, VA - JUNE 7:Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) skates with the Stanley Cup after winning Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, VA - JUNE 7:Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) skates with the Stanley Cup after winning Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
1 of 4
Next
LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 07: (L-R) Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with teammates on the bench Tom Wilson #43, Andre Burakovsky #65, Jay Beagle #83 and Devante Smith-Pelly #25 after Ovechkin scored a second-period, power-play goal against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Capitals defeated the Golden Knights 4-3. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 07: (L-R) Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with teammates on the bench Tom Wilson #43, Andre Burakovsky #65, Jay Beagle #83 and Devante Smith-Pelly #25 after Ovechkin scored a second-period, power-play goal against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Capitals defeated the Golden Knights 4-3. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

The Washington Capitals conclude their three-game west coast road trip in Las Vegas, the place they lifted the Stanley Cup.

Washington Capitals fans will always look at T-Mobile Arena with a smile thinking back to June 7, 2018. They come back to that same place looking to end their road trip on a high note Monday night with a chance to make some more history.

By now you already know. Alex Ovechkin is two goals away from the big 700 and he’s hungry for a goal as his drought has stretched to four games without lighting the lamp. He has a chance to do it at the place he lifted the Stanley Cup and boy wouldn’t that be sweet to do it in Sin City. What happens there stays there they say.

The Capitals are coming off a 3-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes and have dropped three of their last five games. Their two wins came against the Los Angles Kings, who aren’t that good and a Colorado Avalanche team that had an early 2-0 lead on them.

The Capitals won the earlier meeting with Vegas but have yet to win a regular season game inside T-Mobile Arena. It’s okay though, they can win there when it matters most.

Home/Editorials