Golden Knights rally to earn point, but lose in shootout to Capitals

Danny Webster, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Mar 29, 2026

Published in Hockey

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LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights came back from a three-goal deficit and earned a point for the second straight game, but lost 5-4 in a shootout to the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

The Knights missed all three of their shootout attempts. Capitals center Dylan Strome scored their shootout goal.

The Knights erased a 3-0 deficit down in the second period in a span of 2 minutes, 40 seconds.

Nic Dowd, against his former team, scored his first goal as a member of the Knights at 10:38 while short-handed. Rasmus Andersson added another short-handed goal 25 seconds later, and Jack Eichel tied it 3-3 at 13:18.

Mitch Marner’s power-play goal 31 seconds into the third gave the Knights their first lead in three games.

Eichel finished with three points, and Andersson had his second multipoint game as a member of the Knights.

Strome tied it 4-4 with a power-play goal with 11:06 remaining to force overtime.

Adin Hill finished with 17 saves, as the Knights (32-26-16) are now three points behind the Edmonton Oilers for second place in the Pacific Division.