Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 31, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NHLN-US · SN · TVAS · FS-TN
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Monday, December 31, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Predators outshot the Capitals 34-25.
Goals came from Michal Kempny, Jakub Vrana, Rocco Grimaldi, Chandler Stephenson, Miikka Salomaki, Ryan Johansen, Frederick Gaudreau, Ryan Ellis and Viktor Arvidsson.
Pekka Rinne made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 28 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Michal Kempny (4)Nicklas Backstrom (34)0–104:33 WSH
Jakub Vrana (12)John Carlson (32), Evgeny Kuznetsov (27)0–208:45 WSH
Rocco Grimaldi (2)Zac Rinaldo (1), Mattias Ekholm (21)1–209:08 NSH
2nd period
Chandler Stephenson (5)Devante Smith-Pelly (4), Braden Holtby (2)1–308:22 WSH
Miikka Salomaki (3)Nick Bonino (9), Mattias Ekholm (22)2–309:57 NSH
Ryan Johansen (7)Roman Josi (22)3–311:59 NSH
Frederick Gaudreau (3)Rocco Grimaldi (2), Craig Smith (10)4–314:30 NSH
3rd period
Ryan Ellis (4)Ryan Johansen (26), Viktor Arvidsson (6)5–310:35 NSH
Viktor Arvidsson (9)Ryan Johansen (27), Kevin Fiala (14)6–318:00 NSH · PPG
Team stats
NSHWSH
34Shots on goal25
59%Faceoff %41%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
14Hits29
22Blocked shots11
11Giveaways15
17Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 05:35
T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min - 3rd 04:57
Mattias Ekholm · cross checking2 min - 3rd 16:29Evgeny Kuznetsov · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:29Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 09:27 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:01 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:51 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:51 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:25 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:28 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 2Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 60:00 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 13:15 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:06 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:04 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 60:00 |