Nashville Predators 6 — 3 Washington Capitals
2018-12-31 · Capital One Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NSH | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 15 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | 6 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby start | WSH | L | 28 | 34 | 6 | 26/31 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Pekka Rinne start | NSH | W | 22 | 25 | 3 | 20/23 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
NSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Johansen | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 |
| Rocco Grimaldi | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22:19 |
| Roman Josi | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:25 |
| Kevin Fiala | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:51 |
| Craig Smith | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:49 |
| Ryan Ellis | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25:51 |
| Miikka Salomaki | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16:02 |
| Zac Rinaldo | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 06:24 |
| Nick Bonino | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| Ryan Hartman | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| Austin Watson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:38 |
| Dan Hamhuis | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14:29 |
| P.K. Subban | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21:48 |
| Anthony Bitetto | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11:20 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Vrana | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:17 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:47 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| John Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24:06 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:04 |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:14 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:53 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:07 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17:16 |
| Lars Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:04 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| Travis Boyd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:14 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | 2025-26 | NSH | 2 | WSH | 4 | |
| 2026-01-11 | 2025-26 | WSH | 2 | NSH | 3 | |
| 2025-01-11 | 2024-25 | WSH | 4 | NSH | 1 | |
| 2024-11-06 | 2024-25 | NSH | 2 | WSH | 3 | |
| 2023-12-30 | 2023-24 | NSH | 3 | WSH | 2 | SO |
| 2023-12-16 | 2023-24 | WSH | 1 | NSH | 3 | |
| 2023-01-06 | 2022-23 | NSH | 3 | WSH | 2 | |
| 2022-10-29 | 2022-23 | WSH | 3 | NSH | 0 | |
| 2022-02-15 | 2021-22 | WSH | 4 | NSH | 1 | |
| 2021-12-29 | 2021-22 | NSH | 3 | WSH | 5 |