Predators 3-2 Capitals (31 Dec, 2023) Box Score

Nashville Predators

20-16-1, 9-7-1 away

	1	2	3	SO	T
NSH	2	0	0	1	3
WSH	1	1	0	0	2

Washington Capitals

17-11-6, 9-4-4 home

Nashville Predators


forwards
Luke EvangelistaL. Evangelista#77
Filip ForsbergF. Forsberg#9
Michael McCarronM. McCarron#47
Tommy NovakT. Novak#82
Gustav NyquistG. Nyquist#14
Ryan O'ReillyR. O'Reilly#90
Juuso ParssinenJ. Parssinen#75
Kiefer SherwoodK. Sherwood#44
Colton SissonsC. Sissons#10
Cole SmithC. Smith#36
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#26
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Dante FabbroD. Fabbro#57
Roman JosiR. Josi#59
Jeremy LauzonJ. Lauzon#3
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
Luke SchennL. Schenn#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	10:40	0:35	0:00	10:05	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	8	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	25	18:40	2:17	0:00	16:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	7	3	0	0	18	13:31	0:00	0:22	13:09	7	2	77.8
0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:31	0:35	0:00	12:56	2	5	28.6
0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	19:26	2:17	0:33	16:36	1	0	100.0
0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	21:06	2:17	1:42	17:07	11	7	61.1
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	14:09	0:35	0:00	13:34	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	18	14:01	0:00	0:33	13:28	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	25	17:59	2:17	3:21	12:21	11	5	68.8
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	13:00	0:00	2:53	10:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:20	0:35	0:00	11:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	20	16:08	0:00	1:33	14:35	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27	20:21	0:00	2:28	17:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	18:17	0:00	0:16	18:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	28	26:52	2:52	0:17	23:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	5	1	2	4	0	0	27	19:37	0:00	4:15	15:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	27	23:59	0:00	3:17	20:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	24	17:21	0:00	1:30	15:51	0	0	0.0

goalies
Yaroslav AskarovY. Askarov#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	2	27	.931	24	1	2	0	0	65:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicolas Aube-KubelN. Aube-Kubel#96
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#29
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#47
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Matthew PhillipsM. Phillips#45
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Ethan BearE. Bear#25
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Joel EdmundsonJ. Edmundson#6
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38
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	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:44	0:00	0:00	12:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	16:26	0:00	2:02	14:24	6	12	33.3
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	28	21:28	3:17	0:50	17:21	1	4	20.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	7:57	0:00	0:00	7:57	3	2	60.0
1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	21	16:23	0:00	1:49	14:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:34	3:49	0:00	11:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	25	16:39	1:00	0:00	15:39	7	9	43.8
1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	2	24	22:06	5:58	0:00	16:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	6:59	0:00	0:00	6:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	24	17:23	1:22	0:00	16:01	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	24	18:41	2:43	0:00	15:58	5	6	45.5
0	0	-1	1	2	1	1	5	3	1	0	20	18:36	4:36	1:03	12:57	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	20:05	0:02	0:11	19:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	29	27:46	4:40	2:11	20:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	25	20:13	0:00	1:22	18:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	18	14:53	0:13	0:26	14:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25	22:41	1:20	0:04	21:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	22	17:38	0:00	1:30	16:08	0	0	0.0

goalies
Hunter ShepardH. Shepard#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	2	34	.944	34	0	0	0	0	64:54	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	SO	T
	Predators	2	0	0	1	3
	Capitals	1	1	0	0	2

1st Period		NSH	WSH
2:44	Luke Evangelista (5) Assists: Dante Fabbro (6), Tommy Novak (11)	1	0
6:55	Roman Josi (8) (Power Play) Assists: Gustav Nyquist (19), Ryan O'Reilly (16)	2	0
10:25	Beck Malenstyn (3) Assists: Nic Dowd (2), Trevor van Riemsdyk (6)	2	1

2nd Period			NSH	WSH
14:59		Alex Ovechkin (7) Assists: Dylan Strome (8), Aliaksei Protas (15)	2	2

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			NSH	WSH
	Evgeny Kuznetsov Wrist Shot saved by Yaroslav Askarov		0	0
	Gustav Nyquist Goal Wrist Shot		1	0
	Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Yaroslav Askarov		1	0
	Ryan O'Reilly Goal Wrist Shot		2	0

Regular Season Series

NSH wins 2-0

Capitals
1
Predators
3

Game 1

17/12

Predators
3
Capitals
2

Game 2

31/12

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 31 December 2023

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
Eric Furlatt
Beau Halkidis

Linesmen:
Libor Suchanek
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	24	10	1	49
Minnesota	20	10	4	44
Colorado	20	15	0	40
Dallas	19	13	0	38
Utah	16	11	5	37
St. Louis	15	16	4	34
Nashville	10	17	7	27
Chicago	12	20	2	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	22	11	3	47
Washington	22	8	2	46
Carolina	20	11	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	15	5	35
Philadelphia	15	15	4	34
NY Rangers	16	15	1	33
NY Islanders	13	14	7	33
Columbus	13	15	6	32

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Nashville Predators

Washington Capitals

Regular Season Series

NSH wins 2-0

Game Information

2024-25 Central Division Standings

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

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