Takeaways: Strome Powers Capitals To Roller Coaster Win Over Golden Knights

It was a roller coaster of a night for the Washington Capitals, who saw just about everything against the Vegas Golden Knights, from a friend turned foe to giving up a three-goal lead to special teams aplenty. Ultimately, Dylan Strome played hero en route to two big points. Strome's goal forced overtime, and he then scored the shootout winner en route to a 5-4 win to close out a three-game road swing.

Here are the takeaways: Youth Powers Capitals To 3-0 Start The Capitals got off to the start they wanted to against Vegas, and they had their youth to thank for it. Early in the game, Ivan Miroshnichenko and Brandon Duhaime helped recover a fumble before getting the puck up to Hendrix Lapierre, who went off to the races and scored on a breakaway to make it a 1-0 game. Both Lapierre and Miroshnichenko now have points in back-to-back games as they find chemistry together on the fourth line.

Then, to open the second, Justin Sourdif took matters into his own hands, picking up the puck from Cole Hutson before finding Connor McMichael for a give-and-go play that resulted in Sourdif striking from the slot. Sourdif becomes the second Washington rookie to hit 15 goals this season, and he also picked up an assist and has 23 points in his last 32 games played. Meanwhile, McMichael has points in back-to-back games and four of his last six overall, and Hutson has factored in on the Capitals' last five power-play goals since making his debut.

Minutes later, Ryan Leonard called his own number, and Anthony Beauvillier tipped it past Adin Hill to make it 3-0. Leonard's 37 points rank fourth-most among all rookies this season. While it was a solid start for D.