Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals

NHL

Predators

19-11-1, 39 PTS

3-5

Final

Capitals

19-6-7, 45 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NSH shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NSH	6	8	6	20
WSH	11	11	15	37

In net

Juuse Saros32/36 SV, .889

Ilya Samsonov17/20 SV, .850

Team	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	3	0	3
WSH	3	0	2	5

Who won: Capitals 5-3

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals lead the series 1-0. The Capitals outscored the Predators 3-0 in the 1st period. John Carlson led the Capitals in goals (1). Yakov Trenin led the Predators in goals (1).

NSH

WSH

Player of the game

John Carlson

WSH · 1 G, 3 A, 5 SOG

9.1

Forwards	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Nicklas BackstromC7.5	0	1	1	1	3	16:19	1	0	0	7:59	0:00	8:20	17	0	2	5	6	45.5	0	0	0
Nic DowdC7.4	1	0	1	0	2	10:36	1	2	0	0:00	2:25	8:11	20	4	0	11	2	84.6	1	0	0
Lars EllerC7.7	1	0	1	1	3	19:06	1	0	1	3:27	2:45	12:54	20	6	2	3	10	23.1	0	0	0
Carl HagelinLW7.8	1	1	2	1	2	11:21	0	0	0	0:00	3:28	7:53	18	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Garnet HathawayRW6.8	0	0	0	0	3	10:49	3	0	3	0:44	1:25	8:40	17	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Evgeny KuznetsovC7.7	1	0	1	0	4	21:58	0	0	2	7:59	0:45	13:14	24	10	2	5	10	33.3	0	0	0
Connor McMichaelC6.5	0	0	0	1	0	10:04	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	10:04	11	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
T.J. OshieRW7.1	0	1	1	0	1	20:13	2	1	0	7:56	0:00	12:17	19	4	0	1	3	25.0	1	0	0
Alex OvechkinLW7.5	0	1	1	1	4	26:01	0	0	0	11:15	0:00	14:46	21	22	3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Aliaksei ProtasC6.3	0	0	0	0	1	7:00	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	7:00	12	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Conor ShearyLW6.6	0	0	0	0	3	12:20	1	0	0	3:27	0:17	8:36	17	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tom WilsonRW5.8	0	0	0	0	2	18:02	2	0	0	2:46	0:45	14:31	23	9	0	1	1	50.0	1	4	19

Defenses	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	GV	PN	PIM
Alexander AlexeyevD6.3	0	0	0	0	0	10:35	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	10:35	16	0	0	1	2
John CarlsonD9.1	1	3	4	2	5	24:27	0	1	1	8:26	1:48	14:13	24	7	1	0	0
Matt IrwinD6.6	0	0	0	0	3	9:29	2	4	0	0:00	0:17	9:12	15	0	0	0	0
Michal KempnyD7.0	0	1	1	0	0	20:57	2	1	0	0:00	3:38	17:19	25	0	0	1	2
Dmitry OrlovD7.9	0	2	2	2	1	20:42	2	3	0	3:00	2:17	15:25	28	4	0	1	2
Trevor van RiemsdykD6.5	0	0	0	0	0	21:32	0	2	0	0:11	3:50	17:31	25	0	0	0	0