Nashville Predators 3 — 5 Washington Capitals
2021-12-29 · Capital One Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NSH | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | 6 | 15 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Samsonov start | WSH | W | 17 | 20 | 3 | 16/19 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Juuse Saros start | NSH | L | 32 | 36 | 4 | 18/21 | 13/13 | 1/2 | 59:16 |
NSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17:23 |
| Yakov Trenin | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:33 |
| Filip Forsberg | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 |
| Luke Kunin | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:22 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:50 |
| Tanner Jeannot | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:16 |
| Ben Harpur | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| Mikael Granlund | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:18 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| Mark Borowiecki | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Michael McCarron | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:30 |
| Philip Tomasino | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:40 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24:52 |
| Matt Benning | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 |
| Nick Cousins | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:07 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Mathieu Olivier | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:25 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23:40 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24:27 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20:42 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:01 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:58 |
| Lars Eller | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:19 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:36 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:57 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:49 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 09:29 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:00 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 |
| Alexander Alexeyev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:32 |
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 |