Capitals hold off Vegas' late comeback in a 3-2 victory over the Golden Knights

Key Highlights

• Vegas was without two Americans (Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin) and three Canadians (Mark Stone, Mitch Marner and Shea Theodore) in Wednesday's win over Los Angeles.
• All were back on the ice Friday. The Golden Knights scored five third-period goals in that 6-4 victory over the Kings and they nearly pulled off a big comeback at Washington.
• Bowman broke up Logan Thompson’s shutout bid early in the third, and Hertl's power-play goal made it 3-2 with 10:45 still to play, but that was as close as Vegas could come. Stone was called for high-sticking with 4:24 left, but Thompson still had to come up big on short-handed chances by Brayden McNabb and Marner. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDubois beat Akira Schmid high to the blocker side 49 seconds into the second to open the scoring.
• Just over 2 1/2 minutes later, Aliaksei Protas found Dubois in front with a nice pass for a 2-0 lead. Chychrun's shot from the right circle sneaked under the crossbar to make it 3-0. The line of Dubois, Protas and Tom Wilson was on the ice for all three of Washington's goals, along with defenseman Rasmus Sandin.
• Protas and Sandin had two assists each. Dubois had no points in his first six games this season and had surgery for injuries to his abdominal and adductor muscles.