Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Mon, Dec 31, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

6 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Ryan Johansen led the way with 3 points. Pekka Rinne made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	1	3	2	6	34
WSH	2	1	0	3	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:33	WSH	EV	Michal Kempny (4) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (34)	0–1
1st	08:45	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (12) · wrist	John Carlson (32), Evgeny Kuznetsov (27)	0–2
1st	09:08	NSH	EV	Rocco Grimaldi (2) · tip-in	Zac Rinaldo (1), Mattias Ekholm (21)	1–2
2nd	08:22	WSH	EV	Chandler Stephenson (5) · wrist	Devante Smith-Pelly (4), Braden Holtby (2)	1–3
2nd	09:57	NSH	EV	Miikka Salomaki (3) · wrist	Nick Bonino (9), Mattias Ekholm (22)	2–3
2nd	11:59	NSH	EV	Ryan Johansen (7) · wrist	Roman Josi (22)	3–3
2nd	14:30	NSH	EV	Frederick Gaudreau (3) · backhand	Rocco Grimaldi (2), Craig Smith (10)	4–3
3rd	10:35	NSH	EV	Ryan Ellis (4) · snap	Ryan Johansen (26), Viktor Arvidsson (6)	5–3
3rd	18:00	NSH	PP	Viktor Arvidsson (9) · wrist	Ryan Johansen (27), Kevin Fiala (14)	6–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:35	WSH	T.J. Oshie	high sticking	2
3rd	04:57	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	cross checking	2
3rd	16:29	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	interference	2
3rd	16:29	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NSH 3.18 · WSH 2.49 · xG% NSH 56.0

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Ryan Johansen	C	1	2	3	+1	0	3	1	0	45.5	20:52	25
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	2		22:19	26
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0		21:01	25
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0		9:27	12
4	Ryan Ellis	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3		25:51	25
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1		24:25	25
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	60.0	18:27	25
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	2		16:02	20
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2		14:49	20
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		13:42	18
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	77.8	11:51	15
36	Zac Rinaldo	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		6:24	9
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	4		21:48	26
51	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		15:38	23
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0		15:28	22
5	Dan Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		14:29	17
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	66.7	14:07	22
2	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		11:20	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Pekka Rinne	W	25	22	3	.880	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2		24:06	28
6	Michal Kempny	D	1	0	1	-2	0	1	1	2		20:47	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	16.7	19:21	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	3	0	53.8	19:17	21
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0		13:15	19
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	100.0	9:13	13
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		8:58	14
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		21:04	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	5	0		21:04	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	100.0	20:07	20
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		17:16	21
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		17:02	23
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		16:14	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	0		15:53	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	45.5	15:23	18
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:27	16
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		12:48	16
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		9:14	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	34	28	6	.824	60:00