Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2015 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · FS-TN
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Predators 28-27.
Troy Brouwer scored twice. Mattias Ekholm, Mike Fisher, Filip Forsberg, Mike Ribeiro and Mike Green also scored.
Pekka Rinne made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Justin Peters stopped 13 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mattias Ekholm (7)Gabriel Bourque (8), Anton Volchenkov (6)1–009:02 NSH
Mike Fisher (18)Filip Forsberg (35), Gabriel Bourque (9)2–011:29 NSH
Filip Forsberg (23)Mike Ribeiro (44)3–014:47 NSH
2nd period
Troy Brouwer (19)Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Marcus Johansson (24)3–100:19 WSH- Troy Brouwer (20)Brooks Laich (11)3–207:32 WSH · SHG
Mike Ribeiro (15)Filip Forsberg (36), Craig Smith (19)4–211:56 NSH
3rd period
Mike Green (7)Matt Niskanen (24), Marcus Johansson (25)4–300:20 WSH
Team stats
NSHWSH
27Shots on goal28
55%Faceoff %45%
0/3Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits45
17Blocked shots15
12Giveaways13
8Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 05:48
Cody Franson · roughing2 min - 1st 06:53Mattias Ekholm · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:19
Brooks Laich · tripping2 min - 2nd 05:43Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:48Tom Wilson · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:48Mattias Ekholm · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:48Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:08Taylor Beck · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:08Alex Ovechkin · embellishment2 min
- 2nd 19:08Roman Josi · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 14:06 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:26 |
| 20Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 10Mike SantorelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 41Taylor BeckL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 27:01 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 44Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 18:08 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 22:24 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:22 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:53 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | L | 14 | 13 | 1 | .929 | 43:30 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 13 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 14:47 |