Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Sat, Dec 7, 2013 · Verizon Center · 2013–14 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 5–2 on Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at Verizon Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	1	0	1	2	36
WSH	3	0	2	5	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:44	WSH	EV	Troy Brouwer (1) · backhand	Eric Fehr (1), Mikhail Grabovski (1)	0–1
1st	13:09	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (1)	0–2
1st	16:19	WSH	EV	Karl Alzner (1) · slap	Mike Green (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)	0–3
1st	19:37	NSH	EV	Roman Josi (1) · wrist	Shea Weber (1)	1–3
3rd	03:29	WSH	EV	Nate Schmidt (1) · slap	Martin Erat (1), Joel Ward (1)	1–4
3rd	03:52	NSH	EV	Eric Nystrom (1) · wrist	Viktor Stalberg (1), Roman Josi (1)	2–4
3rd	14:50	WSH	EV	Eric Fehr (1) · wrist	Mikhail Grabovski (2)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:43	WSH	Jay Beagle	tripping	2
1st	13:06	NSH	Rich Clune	interference	2
1st	16:30	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
1st	16:30	NSH	Rich Clune	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	16:30	NSH	Rich Clune	fighting	5
3rd	08:18	NSH	Paul Gaustad	holding	2
3rd	17:48	NSH	Matt Cullen	delaying game smothering puck	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NSH 2.60 · WSH 2.66 · xG% NSH 49.4

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	1	1	2	-1	0	3	1	5		27:12	35
6	Shea Weber	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	4		26:01	36
24	Eric Nystrom	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0		16:23	24
25	Viktor Stalberg	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0		16:02	19
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0		21:10	31
64	Victor Bartley	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5		20:44	28
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	46.7	18:42	26
11	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	40.0	16:35	22
27	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	1		16:00	21
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1		15:26	20
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	52.9	14:56	20
13	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	14:23	19
33	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		14:15	19
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		12:42	20
4	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		12:11	20
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	43.8	11:09	17
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		10:42	14
16	Rich Clune	L	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0		9:24	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Marek Mazanec	L	33	28	5	.848	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	57.1	18:20	21
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2	58.3	16:22	20
16	Eric Fehr	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	0		14:04	19
52	Mike Green	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	4		24:52	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	1		21:18	21
27	Karl Alzner	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	3		20:09	23
88	Nate Schmidt	D	1	0	1	+3	0	1	1	3		18:29	23
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	2	100.0	17:23	22
10	Martin Erat	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	28.6	16:31	21
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	66.7	16:14	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+3	0	4	1	1		22:09	25
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:30	20
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:46	17
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		14:49	21
56	Patrick Wey	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		13:36	16
24	Aaron Volpatti	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		11:10	13
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	60.0	10:34	15
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0		8:44	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00