The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Nashville Predators, 4 to 3, on April 5, 2018.

Final

Predators

52-18-11

4

Capitals

48-26-7

3

Team

NSH

WSH

1

0

2

1

2

3

2

1

Total

4

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NSH

WSH

Craig Smith (PP) assisted by P.K. Subban and Ryan Johansen

1

0

2nd period

NSH

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov

1

Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie

1

2

Craig Smith (EV) assisted by Kyle Turris and Roman Josi

2

3rd period

NSH

WSH

Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) unassisted

2

3

Roman Josi (PP) assisted by Ryan Ellis and Kyle Turris

3

Ryan Johansen (EV) assisted by Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Ellis

4

3

Predators

Capitals

Goals

4

3

Shots

29

32

Penalty Minutes

10

4

Power-Play Goals

2

Power-Play Opportunities

2

5

Faceoff Wins

36

29

Hits

27

24

Giveaways

12

14

Takeaways

8

12

Predators

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Juuse Saros (W)	1	32	3	29	.906	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Viktor Arvidsson	0	1	+1	0	4	15:43	0	0	1	1
Nick Bonino	0	0	-1	2	1	17:23	0	0	0	0
Mattias Ekholm	0	0	-1	0	1	19:33	2	0	4	0
Ryan Ellis	0	2	+2	0	2	25:25	1	1	0	1
Alexei Emelin	0	0	0	0	0	13:47	0	3	0	0
Kevin Fiala	0	0	+1	0	1	13:02	1	0	0	0
Mike Fisher	0	0	0	0	2	12:11	4	1	0	3
Filip Forsberg	0	0	+1	0	2	17:01	2	1	0	0
Ryan Hartman	0	0	-1	0	2	15:57	0	1	1	0
Matt Irwin	0	0	0	0	0	9:53	1	0	1	0
Ryan Johansen	1	1	+1	2	2	16:47	0	2	0	1
Roman Josi	1	1	+2	2	2	25:18	5	4	1	0
Miikka Salomaki	0	0	0	0	0	11:39	0	1	1	1
Colton Sissons	0	0	-1	0	1	16:02	3	1	0	0
Craig Smith	2	0	+1	0	5	13:54	2	0	0	1
P.K. Subban	0	1	-1	2	1	24:12	2	0	1	0
Kyle Turris	0	2	+1	2	1	13:46	0	0	0	0
Austin Watson	0	0	0	0	2	13:24	4	1	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Philipp Grubauer (L)	1	29	4	25	.862	57:43

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Nicklas Backstrom	0	1	0	2	0	21:37	0	0	0	0
Travis Boyd	0	0	0	0	0	9:28	0	0	0	0
Andre Burakovsky	0	0	0	0	0	12:54	0	2	2	0
John Carlson	0	1	-1	0	8	26:45	0	2	0	2
Alex Chiasson	0	0	0	0	1	4:10	1	1	0	0
Brett Connolly	0	0	0	0	1	13:29	1	0	1	0
Christian Djoos	0	0	0	0	1	11:51	0	1	0	0
Lars Eller	0	0	0	0	2	17:32	2	0	2	0
Michal Kempny	0	0	0	0	3	18:48	3	4	0	0
Evgeny Kuznetsov	2	1	-1	0	4	20:16	1	0	1	1
Matt Niskanen	0	0	0	2	4	21:05	3	0	2	1
Dmitry Orlov	0	0	-1	0	2	21:09	1	0	0	2
Brooks Orpik	0	0	0	0	1	13:08	2	2	0	2
T.J. Oshie	0	1	-1	0	0	22:49	2	4	1	2
Alex Ovechkin	1	0	-1	0	4	21:54	0	0	3	1
Devante Smith-Pelly	0	0	0	0	0	16:46	3	2	0	0
Chandler Stephenson	0	0	0	0	0	9:58	0	1	0	0
Tom Wilson	0	0	0	0	1	16:15	5	0	2	1