Nashville Predators @ Washington Capitals

19-11-1, 10-6-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Predators NSH	0	3	0	3
Capitals WSH	3	0	2	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

19-6-7, 10-3-4 Home

Nashville Predators


forwards
Nick CousinsN. Cousins#21
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Filip ForsbergF. Forsberg#9
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Tanner JeannotT. Jeannot#84
Ryan JohansenR. Johansen#92
Luke KuninL. Kunin#11
Michael McCarronM. McCarron#47
Mathieu OlivierM. Olivier#25
Eeli TolvanenE. Tolvanen#28
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#26
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
defensemen
Matt BenningM. Benning#5
Mark BorowieckiM. Borowiecki#90
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Mattias EkholmM. Ekholm#14
Dante FabbroD. Fabbro#57
Ben HarpurB. Harpur#17

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12	8:07	0:17	0:00	7:50	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	22	18:51	5:20	0:00	13:31	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	18:29	5:18	0:00	13:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	27	25:18	5:26	4:14	15:38	16	10	61.5
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	23	17:16	0:18	6:37	10:21	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	24	17:30	5:20	0:36	11:34	9	7	56.3
1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	21	12:22	0:17	1:43	10:22	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	2	2	12	2	0	0	20	13:30	0:12	3:44	9:34	5	5	50.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	9	7:25	0:00	0:43	6:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	11:50	0:23	0:00	11:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	6:40	0:00	0:00	6:40	1	0	100.0
1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	20	14:33	0:12	5:15	9:06	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	27	19:44	0:00	4:29	15:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	3	17	0	0	0	17	11:29	0:00	3:35	7:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	31	23:40	4:20	6:15	13:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	32	24:52	1:43	6:15	16:54	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	27	17:23	0:29	0:42	16:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	23	17:45	0:00	1:36	16:09	0	0	0.0

goalies
Juuse SarosJ. Saros#74

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	4	32	.889	18	1	13	0	0	59:16	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#59
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Matt IrwinM. Irwin#52
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	16:19	7:59	0:00	8:20	5	6	45.5
1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	20	10:36	0:00	2:25	8:11	11	2	84.6
1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	19:06	3:27	2:45	12:54	3	10	23.1
1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:21	0:00	3:28	7:53	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	3	3	0	17	10:49	0:44	1:25	8:40	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	21:58	7:59	0:45	13:14	5	10	33.3
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	10:04	0:00	0:00	10:04	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	19	20:13	7:56	0:00	12:17	1	3	25.0
0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	26:01	11:15	0:00	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	7:00	0:00	0:00	7:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:20	3:27	0:17	8:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	2	0	1	23	18:02	2:46	0:45	14:31	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	16	10:35	0:00	0:00	10:35	0	0	0.0
1	3	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	24	24:27	8:26	1:48	14:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	15	9:29	0:00	0:17	9:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	25	20:57	0:00	3:38	17:19	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	28	20:42	3:00	2:17	15:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	21:32	0:11	3:50	17:31	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ilya SamsonovI. Samsonov#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	3	17	.850	16	0	1	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Predators	0	3	0	3
	Capitals	3	0	2	5

1st Period		WSH
3:15	Lars Eller (6) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (26), John Carlson (21)	1
13:11	John Carlson (7) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (11), Nicklas Backstrom (2)	2
18:52	Nic Dowd (4) Assists: Michal Kempny (1), Carl Hagelin (5)	3

2nd Period		NSH	WSH
1:23	Yakov Trenin (6) Assists: Dante Fabbro (7), Tanner Jeannot (10)	1	3
7:03	Luke Kunin (5) Assists: Ben Harpur (1), Eeli Tolvanen (7)	2	3
7:38	Filip Forsberg (14) Assists: Mikael Granlund (23), Dante Fabbro (8)	3	3

3rd Period			NSH	WSH
14:24		Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) (Shorthanded) Assists: John Carlson (22), T.J. Oshie (8)	3	4
18:57		Carl Hagelin (2) (Empty Net) Assists: John Carlson (23), Dmitry Orlov (12)	3	5

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Predators
3
Capitals
5

Game 1

30/12

Capitals
4
Predators
1

Game 2

16/2

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 30 December 2021

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	27	2	7	61
Dallas	25	7	6	56
Minnesota	22	10	6	50
Utah	18	18	3	39
Nashville	16	16	4	36
St. Louis	14	16	8	36
Winnipeg	15	17	3	33
Chicago	13	17	6	32

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

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