Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

Tue, Feb 9, 2016 · Bridgestone Arena · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 3

Final

Nashville Predators

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 5–3 on Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at Bridgestone Arena. Filip Forsberg scored twice. Braden Holtby made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	3	5	23
NSH	0	1	2	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:02	WSH	EV	Jason Chimera (14) · tip-in	Tom Wilson (12)	1–0
2nd	04:55	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (5) · slap	Marcus Johansson (18), John Carlson (22)	2–0
2nd	14:42	NSH	PP	Filip Forsberg (16) · wrist	Craig Smith (7), Mattias Ekholm (17)	2–1
3rd	05:00	WSH	EV	Justin Williams (17) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (39), Andre Burakovsky (14)	3–1
3rd	08:03	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (14) · wrist	Justin Williams (20), Karl Alzner (15)	4–1
3rd	09:49	NSH	EV	Roman Josi (11) · wrist	Calle Jarnkrok (8), Ryan Johansen (31)	4–2
3rd	12:00	NSH	EV	Filip Forsberg (17) · tip-in	Mattias Ekholm (18), Ryan Ellis (16)	4–3
3rd	19:00	WSH	EV EN	Alex Ovechkin (31) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (32), Marcus Johansson (19)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:41	WSH	Nate Schmidt	holding	2
1st	04:42	NSH	Mike Fisher	tripping	2
1st	07:23	WSH	Justin Williams	hooking	2
1st	14:06	NSH	Craig Smith	tripping	2
1st	14:13	WSH	Marcus Johansson	high sticking	2
2nd	10:54	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	12:50	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	18:37	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	tripping	2
3rd	19:41	WSH	Matt Niskanen	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.84 · NSH 1.98 · xG% WSH 58.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	2	3	+3	2	1	0	0	50.0	13:27	18
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	3	0	66.7	15:55	20
14	Justin Williams	R	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	1		14:20	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3		24:16	31
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	3		24:11	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	52.2	18:38	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		18:13	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	1	35.7	15:06	21
25	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	1	100.0	14:14	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		14:07	20
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+2	2	3	4	2		26:11	31
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		21:42	30
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	80.0	19:57	27
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		11:55	16
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		10:32	15
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		10:21	15
10	Mike Richards	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	77.8	9:55	16
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:49	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	1		23:14	31
9	Filip Forsberg	L	2	0	2	-1	0	4	0	2		19:32	26
59	Roman Josi	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2		26:31	31
4	Ryan Ellis	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		24:23	31
92	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	41.2	20:28	27
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	18:30	28
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0		17:23	26
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		27:27	31
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		21:55	28
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	52.4	17:24	25
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	41.7	17:01	23
33	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:51	19
38	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		11:12	19
5	Barret Jackman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		9:17	11
2	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		9:08	12
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1		7:20	10
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.7	6:33	11
16	Cody Bass	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		5:38	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Pekka Rinne	L	22	18	4	.818	58:50