Eichel tied the game 3-3 at 13:18, collecting an Andersson rebound and finishing a wrist shot into the net.

Mitch Marner gave the Golden Knights a 4-3 lead 31 seconds into the third period with a shot from below the blue line through a pair of screens underneath Thompson’s blocker on the power play.

“’Rass’ made a great individual effort,” Dowd said. “The building erupted again. You could feel we were lacking energy early. It’s not going to be the same guys every game. … When it’s your time, you try and take advantage of it. I thought, ‘Rass’ did a great job tonight. Then, [Eichel], ‘Marns.” We just got to do a better job at finishing out the game.”

Washington forward Aliaksei Protas did not return to the game after a head-to-head collision with Dowd on a puck pursuit along the boards with 1:10 remaining in the first period.

Capitals coach Spencer Carbery did not have an update.

“We’re all hands-on deck, and we’re just going to try to find ways to get two points, no matter how it looks, no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the adversity,” Carbery said. “‘Pro’ goes down. Whatever happens, the guys are going to dig in and do everything they possibly can to get two points, and they left it out on the ice tonight.”

NOTES: Sourdif became the 10th Capitals rookie in franchise history with nine multipoint games in a single season, and just the third since 1990-91. The others: Alex Ovechkin (31 in 2005-06) and Nicklas Backstrom (15 in 2007-08). … Eichel notched his 24th three-point game with the Golden Knights and moved within one of Jonathan Marchessault (25) for the second most in franchise history. … Ovechkin played in his 1,565th game, passing Nicklas Lidstrom (1,564) for the third-most games played with one franchise in NHL history and the third-most played by a European-born player.