The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators, 5 to 3, on December 29, 2021.

Final

Predators

19-11-1

3

Capitals

19-6-7

5

Team

NSH

WSH

1

0

3

2

3

0

3

0

2

Total

3

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NSH

WSH

Lars Eller (EV) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson

0

1

John Carlson (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Dmitry Orlov

0

2

Nic Dowd (EV) assisted by Carl Hagelin and Michal Kempny

0

3

2nd period

NSH

WSH

Yakov Trenin (EV) assisted by Tanner Jeannot and Dante Fabbro

1

3

Luke Kunin (EV) assisted by Eeli Tolvanen and Ben Harpur

2

3

Filip Forsberg (EV) assisted by Dante Fabbro and Mikael Granlund

3

3rd period

NSH

WSH

Evgeny Kuznetsov (SH) assisted by John Carlson and T.J. Oshie

3

4

Carl Hagelin (EV-EN) assisted by John Carlson and Dmitry Orlov

3

5

Predators

Capitals

Goals

3

5

Shots

20

37

Penalty Minutes

41

27

Power-Play Goals

0

Power-Play Opportunities

4

6

Faceoff Wins

33

26

Hits

25

20

Giveaways

4

5

Takeaways

11

7

Predators

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Juuse Saros (L)	1	36	4	32	.889	59:16

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Matt Benning	0	0	0	4	1	19:44	0	0	1	0
Mark Borowiecki	0	0	0	17	2	10:55	0	1	0	0
Alexandre Carrier	0	0	-3	0	0	23:40	1	3	1	1
Nick Cousins	0	0	-2	0	0	8:07	2	0	0	1
Matt Duchene	0	0	-1	0	0	18:51	0	2	1	0
Mattias Ekholm	0	0	0	0	1	24:52	1	3	0	2
Dante Fabbro	0	2	+1	2	1	17:23	1	2	0	0
Filip Forsberg	1	0	-1	0	2	18:29	0	0	1	1
Mikael Granlund	0	1	-2	2	0	25:18	1	0	0	3
Ben Harpur	0	1	-1	2	0	17:45	1	1	0	0
Tanner Jeannot	0	1	0	0	1	17:16	5	0	0	0
Ryan Johansen	0	0	0	2	3	17:30	1	1	0	0
Luke Kunin	1	0	+1	0	1	12:22	1	2	0	1
Michael McCarron	0	0	+1	12	2	13:30	2	2	0	0
Mathieu Olivier	0	0	-2	0	0	7:25	3	0	0	1
Eeli Tolvanen	0	1	-1	0	1	11:50	2	0	0	0
Philip Tomasino	0	0	-2	0	1	6:40	1	0	0	0
Yakov Trenin	1	0	+1	0	4	14:33	3	0	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ilya Samsonov (W)	1	20	3	17	.850	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Alexander Alexeyev	0	0	0	2	0	10:35	1	0	0	0
Nicklas Backstrom	0	1	+1	0	3	16:19	1	0	0	0
John Carlson	1	3	+2	0	5	24:27	0	1	1	1
Nic Dowd	1	0	0	0	2	10:36	1	2	1	0
Lars Eller	1	0	+1	0	3	19:06	1	0	0	1
Carl Hagelin	1	1	+1	0	2	11:21	0	0	0	0
Garnet Hathaway	0	0	0	2	3	10:49	3	0	0	3
Matt Irwin	0	0	0	0	3	9:29	2	4	0	0
Michal Kempny	0	1	0	2	0	20:57	2	1	0	0
Evgeny Kuznetsov	1	0	0	0	4	21:58	0	0	0	2
Connor McMichael	0	0	+1	0	0	10:04	1	0	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	0	2	+2	2	1	20:42	2	3	0	0
T.J. Oshie	0	1	0	0	1	20:13	2	1	1	0
Alex Ovechkin	0	1	+1	0	4	26:01	0	0	1	0
Aliaksei Protas	0	0	0	0	1	7:00	1	0	0	0
Conor Sheary	0	0	0	0	3	12:20	1	0	0	0
Tom Wilson	0	0	0	19	2	18:02	2	0	1	0
Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	0	0	21:32	0	2	0	0