Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 2013 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-TN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Predators outshot the Capitals 36-33.
Goals came from Troy Brouwer, Alex Ovechkin, Karl Alzner, Roman Josi, Nate Schmidt, Eric Nystrom and Eric Fehr.
Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Marek Mazanec stopped 28 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Troy Brouwer (1)Eric Fehr (1), Mikhail Grabovski (1)0–106:44 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)0–213:09 WSH · PPG
Karl Alzner (1)Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)0–316:19 WSH
Roman Josi (1)Shea Weber (1)1–319:37 NSH
3rd period
Nate Schmidt (1)Martin Erat (1), Joel Ward (1)1–403:29 WSH
Eric Nystrom (1)Viktor Stalberg (1), Roman Josi (1)2–403:52 NSH
Eric Fehr (1)Mikhail Grabovski (2)2–514:50 WSH
Team stats
NSHWSH
36Shots on goal33
47%Faceoff %53%
0/1Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes7
27Hits16
18Blocked shots22
10Giveaways8
3Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:43
Jay Beagle · tripping2 min - 1st 13:06
Rich Clune · interference2 min - 1st 16:30Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:30Rich Clune · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 16:30Rich Clune · fighting5 min
- 3rd 08:18Paul Gaustad · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:48Matt Cullen · delaying game smothering puck2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 59Roman JosiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 27:12 |
| 24Eric NystromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:02 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:01 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 16Rich CluneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 16:00 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:15 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:10 |
| 64Victor BartleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Marek MazanecG | L | 33 | 28 | 5 | .849 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:14 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:52 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 24Aaron VolpattiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:49 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:44 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 56Patrick WeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 22:09 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |