Chandler Stephenson, a.k.a. Chand The Man, put the Capitals on the board first, ripping a shooter’s snipe past Marc-Andre Fleury’s glove and telling coach Barry Trotz, “Scratch this.”
But Vegas’ Ryan Carpenter knotted it up for the Golden Knights on a one-time tap-in, and this one is all squared up 1-1 after one.
Second period ahead…