Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, April 5, 2018 · Capital One Arena

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4–3

29–32

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NBCSN · NBCSWA

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Predators 32–29.

Craig Smith scored twice and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Roman Josi and Ryan Johansen also scored.

Juuse Saros made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 25 of 29.

Goals
NSH	1	1	2	4	29
WSH	0	2	1	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Craig Smith (24)Ryan Johansen (38), P.K. Subban (43)1–004:17 NSH ·

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (47)Evgeny Kuznetsov (55), John Carlson (52)1–104:29 WSH ·
Evgeny Kuznetsov (26)Nicklas Backstrom (49), T.J. Oshie (29)1–206:47 WSH ·
Craig Smith (25)Roman Josi (39), Kyle Turris (33)2–214:03 NSH

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (27)Unassisted2–301:07 WSH
Roman Josi (14)Ryan Ellis (22), Kyle Turris (34)3–308:19 NSH ·
Ryan Johansen (15)Viktor Arvidsson (32), Ryan Ellis (23)4–314:33 NSH

Team stats

NSHWSH

2932

55%45%

2/22/5

104

2724

1619

1214

812

Penalties

3:51 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min
7:03 into the first periodRoman Josi · interference2 min
3:43 into the second periodRyan Johansen · tripping2 min
6:31 into the second periodP.K. Subban · slashing2 min
2:25 into the third periodKyle Turris · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
6:22 into the third periodMatt Niskanen · tripping2 min
19:59 into the third periodNick Bonino · tripping2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

8Kyle TurrisC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	2	54	0	0	23	13:46
15Craig SmithC	2	0	2	+1	5	2	0	0	50	0	1	23	13:54
92Ryan JohansenC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	2	2	72	0	1	24	16:47
4Ryan EllisD	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	0	–	0	1	29	25:25
59Roman JosiD	1	1	2	+2	2	5	4	2	–	1	0	27	25:18
33Viktor ArvidssonL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	20	15:43
76P.K. SubbanD	0	1	1	−1	1	2	0	2	–	1	0	31	24:12
9Filip ForsbergL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	0	0	22	17:01
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	1	0	50	0	0	23	16:02
12Mike FisherC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	50	0	3	18	12:11
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	42	0	0	24	17:23
20Miikka SalomakiR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	1	1	18	11:39
22Kevin FialaL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	13:02
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	1	0	21	15:57
51Austin WatsonL	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	–	1	0	19	13:24
14Mattias EkholmD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	4	0	28	19:33
25Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	0	0	18	13:47
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	13	09:53

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35Pekka RinneG		0	0	0	–	00:00
74Juuse SarosG	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

92Evgeny KuznetsovC	2	1	3	−1	4	1	0	0	29	1	1	21	20:16
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	−1	4	0	0	0	–	3	1	21	21:54
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	44	0	0	20	21:37
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	−1	0	2	4	0	80	1	2	20	22:49
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	−1	8	0	2	0	–	0	2	24	26:45
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	1	0	17	13:29
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	0	0	15	09:58
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50	2	0	21	17:32
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	0	0	21	16:46
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	7	04:10
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	2	1	21	16:15
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	2	0	16	12:54
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	15	09:28
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	–	2	1	23	21:05
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	–	0	0	20	18:48
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	2	23	21:09
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	16	11:51
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	0	2	16	13:08

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG	L	29	25	4	.862	57:43
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00