Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1998 · Nashville Arena
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Saturday, December 26, 1998 at Nashville Arena. The Predators outshot the Capitals 28–27.
Goals came from Bob Boughner, Vitali Yachmenev, Greg Johnson and James Black.
Tomas Vokoun made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Boughner (1)Andrew Brunette (11), Cliff Ronning (18)0–102:19 NSH
Vitali Yachmenev (3)Greg Johnson (17)0–210:21 NSH
2nd period
Greg Johnson (4)Vitali Yachmenev (2), Drake Berehowsky (6)0–313:47 NSH
3rd period
James Black (3)Andrei Nikolishin (7), Steve Konowalchuk (3)1–312:53 WSH
Team stats
WSHNSH
2728
48%52%
0/30/5
106
2023
415
48
413
Penalties
- 10:21 into the first period
Dmitri Mironov · boarding2 min - 14:34 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · hooking2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodMark Tinordi · cross checking2 min
- 5:14 into the second period
Bob Boughner · roughing2 min - 14:25 into the second periodJan Vopat · high sticking2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · boarding2 min
- 19:28 into the second periodDrake Berehowsky · holding2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodPatrice Lefebvre · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 28James BlackL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:05 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:15 |
| 14Patrice LefebvreR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:38 |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 48Benoit GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:37 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 29:19 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Nashville Predators
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:26 |
| 19Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 10Patric KjellbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 17Patrick CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:53 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 16:06 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 28Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 5Jan VopatD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:55 |
| 20Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:49 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 35Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – |