Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Friday, January 16, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena
NHLN-US · CSN-DC+ · FS-TN
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena. The Capitals outshot the Predators 34-30.
James Neal scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Seth Jones, Marcus Johansson and Mattias Ekholm also scored.
Carter Hutton made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Seth Jones (3)Calle Jarnkrok (7)0–116:16 NSH
2nd period
James Neal (14)Mike Fisher (9), Victor Bartley (7)0–201:50 NSH
Alex Ovechkin (23)Karl Alzner (7), Nicklas Backstrom (30)1–203:46 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (24)Mike Green (20), Troy Brouwer (11)2–206:18 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (13)Nicklas Backstrom (31), Mike Green (21)3–202:38 WSH · PPG
Mattias Ekholm (4)Seth Jones (10), Craig Smith (12)3–315:31 NSH · PPG- James Neal (15)Unassisted3–418:20 NSH
Team stats
WSHNSH
34Shots on goal30
63%Faceoff %37%
2/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits24
24Blocked shots13
2Giveaways12
5Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 06:07
Jack Hillen · slashing2 min - 2nd 05:39
Mattias Ekholm · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:55Anton Volchenkov · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:18Mike Green · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:10Shea Weber · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:42Brooks Orpik · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 14:46John Carlson · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 20:38 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:10 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 58:28 |
Nashville Predators
| 18James NealL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:02 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 23:01 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:19 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:11 |
| 64Victor BartleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:40 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:11 |
| 13Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:47 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 41Taylor BeckL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:59 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:22 |
| 20Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |
| 39Marek MazanecG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |