National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Nashville 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Jake Brenk, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Dan Kelly
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Nashville 0303
Washington 3025
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:15 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Alex Ovechkin
13:11 - Capitals John Carlson (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Dmitry Orlov
18:52 - Capitals Nic Dowd (EV) Assists: Carl Hagelin , Michal Kempny
Penalties
7:44 - Predators Michael McCarron (2) Interference
 16:03 - Predators Ryan Johansen (2) Slashing
 19:21 - Predators Matt Benning (2) Roughing
 19:21 - Capitals Garnet Hathaway (2) High sticking
 19:21 - Capitals Alexander Alexeyev (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
1:23 - Predators Yakov Trenin (EV) Assists: Tanner Jeannot , Dante Fabbro
7:03 - Predators Luke Kunin (EV) Assists: Eeli Tolvanen , Ben Harpur
7:38 - Predators Filip Forsberg (EV) Assists: Dante Fabbro , Mikael Granlund
Penalties
4:27 - Predators Mark Borowiecki (2) Instigating
 4:27 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 4:27 - Predators Mark Borowiecki (5) Fighting
 4:27 - Predators Mark Borowiecki (10) Misconduct
 13:00 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Roughing
 13:00 - Predators Ben Harpur (2) Roughing
 16:35 - Predators Matt Benning (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
14:24 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (SH) Assists: T.J. Oshie , John Carlson
18:57 - Capitals Carl Hagelin (EV) (EN) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , John Carlson
Penalties
6:15 - Predators Dante Fabbro (2) Delay of game
 8:24 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Tripping
 12:18 - Predators Mikael Granlund (2) Cross checking
 13:44 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Tripping
 19:31 - Capitals Michal Kempny (2) Cross checking
 19:31 - Predators Michael McCarron (10) Misconduct
 19:31 - Capitals Tom Wilson (10) Misconduct
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
David Rittich G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 59:16 41:55 5:55 11:26 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Benning D 0 0 0 E 4 1 27 19:44 15:15 0:00 4:29 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Forsberg LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 23 18:29 13:11 5:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Luke Kunin C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 12:22 10:22 0:17 1:43 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Yakov Trenin C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 20 14:33 9:06 0:12 5:15 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 E 0 1 32 24:52 16:54 1:43 6:15 0 0 1 3 - - -
Ben Harpur D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 23 17:45 16:09 0:00 1:36 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nick Cousins C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 12 8:07 7:50 0:17 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 9 7:25 6:42 0:00 0:43 0 0 3 - - - -
Philip Tomasino C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 8 6:40 6:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Eeli Tolvanen RW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 19 11:50 11:27 0:23 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -3 0 31 23:40 13:05 4:20 6:15 0 0 1 3 - - -
Michael McCarron RW 0 0 0 +1 12 2 20 13:30 9:34 0:12 3:44 0 0 2 2 5 5 50
Dante Fabbro D 0 2 2 +1 2 1 27 17:23 16:12 0:29 0:42 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mikael Granlund RW 0 1 1 -2 2 0 27 25:18 15:38 5:26 4:14 0 0 1 - 16 10 62
Tanner Jeannot LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 17:16 10:21 0:18 6:37 0 0 5 - 1 1 50
Mark Borowiecki D 0 0 0 E 17 2 17 11:29 7:54 0:00 3:35 0 0 - 1 - - -
Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 17:30 11:34 5:20 0:36 0 0 1 1 9 7 56
Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 18:51 13:31 5:20 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 42:39 11:26 5:55 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 1 1 E 2 0 25 20:57 17:19 0:00 3:38 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 21 26:01 14:46 11:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 +2 2 1 28 20:42 15:25 3:00 2:17 0 0 2 3 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 17 16:19 8:20 7:59 0:00 0 0 1 - 5 6 45
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 19:06 12:54 3:27 2:45 0 0 1 - 3 10 23
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 17 10:49 8:40 0:44 1:25 0 0 3 - - - -
Connor McMichael C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 11 10:04 10:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nic Dowd C 1 0 1 E 0 2 20 10:36 8:11 0:00 2:25 0 0 1 2 11 2 85
Alexander Alexeyev D 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 10:35 10:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 19 2 23 18:02 14:31 2:46 0:45 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 9:29 9:12 0:00 0:17 0 0 2 4 - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 21:32 17:31 0:11 3:50 0 0 - 2 - - -
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 7:00 7:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 18 11:21 7:53 0:00 3:28 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 12:20 8:36 3:27 0:17 0 0 1 - - - -
John Carlson D 1 3 4 +2 0 5 24 24:27 14:13 8:26 1:48 0 0 - 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 19 20:13 12:17 7:56 0:00 0 0 2 1 1 3 25
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 E 0 4 24 21:58 13:14 7:59 0:45 0 1 - - 5 10 33
Goaltending
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Juuse Saros L (38-25-3) 36 32 4 .889 0 59:16
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ilya Samsonov W (23-12-5) 20 17 3 .850 0 60:00