National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Nashville 4, Washington 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 5, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Jake Brenk, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Nashville 1124
Washington 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:17 - Predators Craig Smith (PP) Assists: Ryan Johansen , P.K. Subban
Penalties
3:51 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Slashing
 7:03 - Predators Roman Josi (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
4:29 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , John Carlson
6:47 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , T.J. Oshie
14:03 - Predators Craig Smith (EV) Assists: Roman Josi , Kyle Turris
Penalties
3:43 - Predators Ryan Johansen (2) Tripping
 6:31 - Predators P.K. Subban (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
1:07 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Unassisted
8:19 - Predators Roman Josi (PP) Assists: Ryan Ellis , Kyle Turris
14:33 - Predators Ryan Johansen (EV) Assists: Viktor Arvidsson , Ryan Ellis
Penalties
2:25 - Predators Kyle Turris (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 6:22 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Tripping
 19:59 - Predators Nick Bonino (2) Tripping
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:34 2:23 5:03 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Ellis D 0 2 2 +2 0 2 29 25:25 21:48 0:21 3:16 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kyle Turris C 0 2 2 +1 2 1 23 13:46 13:25 0:21 0:00 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Filip Forsberg LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 22 17:01 14:59 2:02 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 16:02 12:46 0:21 2:55 0 0 3 1 4 4 50
Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:11 11:53 0:00 0:18 0 0 4 1 6 6 50
Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 24 17:23 13:26 0:00 3:57 0 0 - - 5 7 42
Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 19:33 17:55 0:00 1:38 0 0 2 - - - -
Craig Smith RW 2 0 2 +1 0 5 23 13:54 11:52 2:02 0:00 1 0 2 - 1 1 50
Miikka Salomaki RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 11:39 11:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kevin Fiala LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 13:02 12:41 0:21 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:47 13:13 0:00 0:34 0 0 - 3 - - -
Viktor Arvidsson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 20 15:43 13:41 2:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Hartman RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 15:57 14:15 0:00 1:42 0 0 - 1 - - -
Austin Watson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 13:24 12:42 0:00 0:42 0 0 4 1 - - -
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 9:53 9:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Roman Josi D 1 1 2 +2 2 2 27 25:18 22:21 0:21 2:36 1 0 5 4 - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 31 24:12 20:08 2:02 2:02 0 0 2 - - - -
Ryan Johansen C 1 1 2 +1 2 2 24 16:47 14:13 2:02 0:32 0 0 - 2 13 5 72
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 57:43 50:18 5:02 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 2 4 23 21:05 20:21 0:18 0:26 0 0 3 - - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 18:48 18:04 0:00 0:44 0 0 3 4 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 21 21:54 17:09 4:45 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23 21:09 20:05 0:20 0:44 0 0 1 - - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:29 13:01 0:28 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 9:58 8:50 0:18 0:50 0 0 - 1 1 2 33
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 E 2 0 20 21:37 16:35 4:35 0:27 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 17:32 15:57 0:29 1:06 0 0 2 - 7 7 50
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 16:46 15:56 0:00 0:50 0 0 3 2 0 1 0
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:51 11:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 7 4:10 4:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 16:15 15:09 0:00 1:06 0 0 5 - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 13:08 11:29 0:00 1:39 0 0 2 2 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:54 12:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 0 1 0
Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 9:28 9:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 3 57
John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 8 24 26:45 20:49 4:43 1:13 0 0 - 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 20 22:49 17:37 4:45 0:27 0 0 2 4 4 1 80
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 2 1 3 -1 0 4 21 20:16 15:41 4:35 0:00 1 0 1 - 4 10 29
Goaltending
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Juuse Saros W (11-5-7) 32 29 3 .906 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer L (15-10-3) 29 25 4 .862 0 57:43