Eller powers Capitals past Vegas to level Stanley Cup

ByReuters

Published 31/05/2018 at 03:15 GMT

May 30 (Reuters) - Lars Eller had a goal and set up two others to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday at the T-Mobile Arena and level the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece.

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The series between two teams bidding for a first Stanley Cup now shifts to Washington for games three and four on Saturday and Monday.

After a glitzy pre-game show worthy of a night out on the Strip, complete with Golden Knights fighting off invading hordes of Capitals, the real battle got underway with Vegas drawing first blood as James Neal rifled a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle past Braden Holtby.

But the Capitals would hit back with three straight goals from Eller, Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Orpik before Golden Knights Shea Theodore would close out the scoring.

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