Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

Fri, Jan 16, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 4

Final

Nashville Predators

The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena. James Neal scored twice; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Carter Hutton made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	3	34
NSH	1	1	2	4	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	16:16	NSH	EV	Seth Jones (3) · snap	Calle Jarnkrok (7)	0–1
2nd	01:50	NSH	EV	James Neal (14) · wrist	Mike Fisher (9), Victor Bartley (7)	0–2
2nd	03:46	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (23) · slap	Karl Alzner (7), Nicklas Backstrom (30)	1–2
2nd	06:18	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (24) · slap	Mike Green (20), Troy Brouwer (11)	2–2
3rd	02:38	WSH	PP	Marcus Johansson (13) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (31), Mike Green (21)	3–2
3rd	15:31	NSH	PP	Mattias Ekholm (4) · slap	Seth Jones (10), Craig Smith (12)	3–3
3rd	18:20	NSH	EV	James Neal (15) · wrist	Unassisted	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:07	WSH	Jack Hillen	slashing	2
2nd	05:39	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	tripping	2
2nd	13:55	NSH	Anton Volchenkov	interference	2
2nd	15:18	WSH	Mike Green	hooking	2
3rd	02:10	NSH	Shea Weber	slashing	2
3rd	03:42	WSH	Brooks Orpik	elbowing	2
3rd	14:46	WSH	John Carlson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.68 · NSH 2.65 · xG% WSH 50.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	3	3	53.6	21:21	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+1	0	9	1	2		20:38	24
52	Mike Green	D	0	2	2	0	2	1	3	1		18:13	22
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	6		21:18	25
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0	77.8	17:27	23
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	0		16:59	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	7		22:46	28
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		22:32	27
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-3	2	1	2	1		20:16	28
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	17:38	23
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:33	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	84.6	13:36	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	71.4	13:10	19
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		12:43	16
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		11:13	14
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	10:29	14
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		9:40	13
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	37.5	8:15	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	30	26	4	.867	58:28

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Seth Jones	D	1	1	2	+3	0	3	2	0		23:01	24
18	James Neal	L	2	0	2	+2	0	5	1	3		19:02	23
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	1		23:11	23
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	2	52.6	18:23	23
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	2		17:19	20
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	42.9	11:58	15
64	Victor Bartley	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		8:40	13
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		26:51	25
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2		26:22	26
33	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		19:03	21
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	19:01	21
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5	4	0		18:11	22
20	Anton Volchenkov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		12:01	13
41	Taylor Beck	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:59	15
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		10:56	16
13	Olli Jokinen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		10:47	14
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	10:37	14
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	40.0	10:31	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Carter Hutton	W	34	31	3	.912	60:00