Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2023 · Capital One Arena
MNMT · BSSO
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Predators outshot the Capitals 36-29.
Goals came from Luke Evangelista, Roman Josi, Beck Malenstyn and Alex Ovechkin.
Yaroslav Askarov made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Hunter Shepard stopped 34 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Luke Evangelista (5)Dante Fabbro (6), Tommy Novak (11)1–002:44 NSH
Roman Josi (8)Gustav Nyquist (19), Ryan O'Reilly (16)2–006:55 NSH · PPG
Beck Malenstyn (3)Nic Dowd (2), Trevor van Riemsdyk (6)2–110:25 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (7)Dylan Strome (8), Aliaksei Protas (15)2–214:59 WSH
SO period
Gustav NyquistUnassisted3–200:00 NSH
Team stats
NSHWSH
36Shots on goal29
61%Faceoff %39%
1/2Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes11
25Hits21
17Blocked shots21
9Giveaways13
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 06:03
Alex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min - 1st 12:46
Michael McCarron · tripping2 min - 1st 16:15Michael McCarron · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:15Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
- 1st 20:00Joel Edmundson · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00Jeremy Lauzon · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:56Luke Evangelista · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:01Connor McMichael · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:00Luke Schenn · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 77Luke EvangelistaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:40 |
| 82Tommy NovakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:06 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:52 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 18:40 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 26Philip TomasinoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 36Cole SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:01 |
| 47Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 75Juuso ParssinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 3Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Yaroslav AskarovG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 65:00 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 16:39 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 45Matthew PhillipsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:59 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 25Ethan BearD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:41 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Hunter ShepardG | O | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 64:54 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |