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Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Sunday, January 11, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 32–21

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Capitals outshot the Predators 32-21.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, Cole Smith, Roman Josi and Ethen Frank.

Justus Annunen made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 18 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH101232
Nashville PredatorsNSH102321

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRoman JosiNSH · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starSteven StamkosNSH · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starCole SmithNSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:37

1–3 · 3rd 3:29 · Josi. Dowd was 1:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceNSH on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 5:56 · PP · Ovechkin

Long shift: Perbix 1:24

1–1 NSH

1st 13:15 · PP · Stamkos

Carlson 0:12

1–2 NSH

3rd 1:12 · Smith

Strome 0:41

1–3 NSH

3rd 3:29 · PP · Josi

Stuck out there: Dowd 1:37

2–3 WSH

3rd 9:03 · PP · Frank

McCarron 0:45

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHNSH
32Shots on goal21
55%Faceoff %45%
2/5Power play2/6
12Penalty minutes10
21Hits16
5Blocked shots11
14Giveaways17
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 05:15Roman Josi · holding2 min
  • 1st 05:31Michael McCarron · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 13:03Brandon Duhaime · holding2 min
  • 1st 15:09Erik Haula · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:29Anthony Beauvillier · interference2 min
  • 2nd 00:56Nick Perbix · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 05:51Aliaksei Protas · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 18:29Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 01:52Hendrix Lapierre · holding2 min
  • 3rd 02:44John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 08:18Adam Wilsby · tripping2 min

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