Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 2021 · Capital One Arena

NashvillePredatorsAway

3–5

Final

SOG 20–37

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBCSWA · BSSO

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Predators 37-20.

Goals came from Lars Eller, John Carlson, Nic Dowd, Yakov Trenin, Luke Kunin, Filip Forsberg, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Hagelin.

Ilya Samsonov made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 32 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	3	0	3	20
WSH	3	0	2	5	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Lars Eller (6)John Carlson (21), Alex Ovechkin (26)0–103:15 WSH
John Carlson (7)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Dmitry Orlov (11)0–213:11 WSH
Nic Dowd (4)Carl Hagelin (5), Michal Kempny (1)0–318:52 WSH

2nd period

Yakov Trenin (6)Tanner Jeannot (10), Dante Fabbro (7)1–301:23 NSH
Luke Kunin (5)Eeli Tolvanen (7), Ben Harpur (1)2–307:03 NSH
Filip Forsberg (14)Dante Fabbro (8), Mikael Granlund (23)3–307:38 NSH

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)T.J. Oshie (8), John Carlson (22)3–414:24 WSH · SHG
Carl Hagelin (2)Dmitry Orlov (12), John Carlson (23)3–518:57 WSH · EN

Team stats

NSHWSH

20Shots on goal37

56%Faceoff %44%

0/4Power play0/6

41Penalty minutes27

25Hits20

17Blocked shots14

4Giveaways5

11Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 07:44Michael McCarron · interference2 min
1st 16:03Ryan Johansen · slashing2 min
1st 19:21Matt Benning · roughing2 min
1st 19:21Garnet Hathaway · high sticking2 min
1st 19:21Alexander Alexeyev · roughing2 min
2nd 04:27Mark Borowiecki · instigator2 min
2nd 04:27Mark Borowiecki · fighting5 min
2nd 04:27Mark Borowiecki · misconduct10 min
2nd 04:27Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 13:00Ben Harpur · roughing2 min
2nd 13:00Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 16:35Matt Benning · roughing2 min
3rd 06:15Dante Fabbro · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 08:24Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
3rd 12:18Mikael Granlund · cross checking2 min
3rd 13:44Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
3rd 19:31Michal Kempny · cross checking2 min
3rd 19:31Michael McCarron · misconduct10 min
3rd 19:31Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

57Dante FabbroD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	2	2	–	17:23
9Filip ForsbergL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:29
11Luke KuninC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	12:22
13Yakov TreninC	1	0	1	+1	4	3	0	0	–	14:33
28Eeli TolvanenR	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	–	11:50
64Mikael GranlundC	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	2	62	25:18
84Tanner JeannotL	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	50	17:16
17Ben HarpurD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2	–	17:45
21Nick CousinsC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	50	08:07
25Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	–	07:25
26Philip TomasinoC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	100	06:40
47Michael McCarronR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	12	50	13:30
92Ryan JohansenC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	56	17:30
95Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	18:51
5Matt BenningD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	19:44
14Mattias EkholmD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	24:52
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	–	23:40
90Mark BorowieckiD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	–	10:55

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33David RittichG		0	0	0	–	00:00
74Juuse SarosG	L	36	32	4	.889	59:16

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

74John CarlsonD	1	3	4	+2	5	0	1	0	–	24:27
62Carl HagelinL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	11:21
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	2	2	+2	1	2	3	2	–	20:42
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	26:01
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	45	16:19
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	23	19:06
26Nic DowdC	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	85	10:36
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	25	20:13
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	33	21:58
6Michal KempnyD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	–	20:57
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	–	10:49
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	10:04
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	19	50	18:02
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:00
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:20
27Alexander AlexeyevD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	10:35
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	–	09:29
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:32

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ilya SamsonovG	W	20	17	3	.850	60:00