Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, October 16, 2010 · Bridgestone Arena
CSN-DC (HD) · SPSO (HD)
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Capitals 39–34.
Goals came from J-P Dumont, Jordin Tootoo, Alexander Semin, Tomas Fleischmann and Brooks Laich.
Michal Neuvirth made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Anders Lindback stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
J-P Dumont (1)Colin Wilson (1), Cody Franson (1)0–117:07 NSH
2nd period
Jordin Tootoo (1)David Legwand (1)0–205:32 NSH
3rd period
Alexander Semin (1)John Carlson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–204:33 WSH · 
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Brooks Laich (1)2–212:14 WSH
Overtime
Brooks Laich (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–201:44 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNSH
3439
45%55%
2/50/6
1210
1822
1413
810
811
Penalties
- 0:24 into the first period
Brooks Laich · tripping2 min - 5:02 into the first periodJeff Schultz · tripping2 min
- 17:22 into the first periodMarcus Johansson · hooking2 min
- 18:53 into the first periodJohn Carlson · hooking2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 12:27 into the second period
Steve Sullivan · slashing2 min - 17:04 into the second periodShea Weber · interference2 min
- 17:34 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · boarding2 min
- 1:40 into the third periodJ-P Dumont · interference2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodCody Franson · holding the stick2 min
- 0:47 into overtimeRyan Suter · tripping2 min
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 21:50 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:21 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:14 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:30 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:40 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:15 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:30 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:19 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 44Brian FaheyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:03 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Nashville Predators
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:31 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:28 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 9Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 16Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:57 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:35 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 25:49 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:45 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:29 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:38 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mark DekanichG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Anders LindbackG | O | 34 | 3 | .912 |