Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Tue, Dec 20, 2011 · Verizon Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at Verizon Center. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Michal Neuvirth made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	0	1	1	21
WSH	2	0	2	4	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:42	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (1) · snap	Karl Alzner (1), John Carlson (1)	0–1
1st	15:51	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · wrap-around	Roman Hamrlik (1)	0–2
3rd	04:40	NSH	EV	Sergei Kostitsyn (1) · snap	Shea Weber (1)	1–2
3rd	10:21	WSH	EV	Alexander Semin (1) · snap	Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	1–3
3rd	13:46	WSH	PP	Troy Brouwer (1) · tip-in	Dennis Wideman (1), Marcus Johansson (2)	1–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:12	NSH	Blake Geoffrion	roughing	2
1st	16:52	WSH	Alexander Semin	boarding	2
2nd	04:17	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	12:25	WSH	Karl Alzner	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	17:27	WSH	Jason Chimera	cross checking	2
3rd	13:19	NSH	Craig Smith	holding	2
3rd	14:16	WSH	Joel Ward	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NSH 1.51 · WSH 2.58 · xG% NSH 36.9

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Shea Weber	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		29:34	29
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:28	24
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		26:24	29
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	50.0	19:52	25
51	Francis Bouillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		19:21	24
7	Jonathon Blum	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	3		18:59	25
27	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		18:24	21
10	Martin Erat	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	40.0	18:10	21
33	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:05	19
11	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20.0	15:42	22
13	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	46.7	15:40	22
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		15:28	22
22	Jordin Tootoo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		14:49	19
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		14:08	19
25	Jerred Smithson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	57.1	9:58	16
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		9:43	15
5	Blake Geoffrion	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		9:31	12
24	Matt Halischuk	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:17	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Anders Lindback	L	23	19	4	.826	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	2	55.0	20:31	29
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0		16:58	21
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	4		28:44	33
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3		25:24	33
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2		21:59	30
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		18:06	20
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		16:42	27
28	Alexander Semin	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	1		15:58	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	7	3	0		15:05	21
15	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	73.7	18:05	32
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		17:54	21
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	61.5	17:24	27
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		15:31	24
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	66.7	12:47	22
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:07	15
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:43	11
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		6:10	9
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6:01	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	W	21	20	1	.952	60:00