Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

Sun, Jan 11, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final

Nashville Predators

The Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. Roman Josi led the way with 3 points. Justus Annunen made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	1	2	32
NSH	1	0	2	3	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:56	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (20) · slap	John Carlson (26), Ryan Leonard (19)	1–0
1st	13:15	NSH	PP	Steven Stamkos (19) · slap	Filip Forsberg (16), Roman Josi (14)	1–1
3rd	01:12	NSH	EV	Cole Smith (5) · wrist	Roman Josi (15), Reid Schaefer (2)	1–2
3rd	03:29	NSH	PP	Roman Josi (6) · slap	Steven Stamkos (11), Ryan O'Reilly (25)	1–3
3rd	09:03	WSH	PP	Ethen Frank (8) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (20), Dylan Strome (24)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:15	NSH	Roman Josi	holding	2
1st	05:31	NSH	Michael McCarron	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	13:03	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	holding	2
1st	15:09	NSH	Erik Haula	tripping	2
1st	16:29	WSH	Anthony Beauvillier	interference	2
2nd	00:56	NSH	Nick Perbix	hooking	2
2nd	05:51	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	tripping	2
2nd	18:29	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	slashing	2
3rd	01:52	WSH	Hendrix Lapierre	holding	2
3rd	02:44	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	08:18	NSH	Adam Wilsby	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.42 · NSH 1.95 · xG% WSH 63.7

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	0	2	2	1	0		19:26	23
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	1		26:43	24
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	58.8	21:53	21
53	Ethen Frank	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0		18:06	21
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		17:18	20
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		22:31	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		22:20	24
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		20:26	23
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	66.7	19:23	27
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	58.3	18:38	30
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	44.4	18:16	26
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		17:20	20
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:35	15
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		11:11	14
20	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		9:30	14
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		6:17	8
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		5:46	9
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50.0	5:23	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	L	21	18	3	.857	58:09

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	1	2	3	+1	2	2	0	0		21:53	22
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	25.0	19:52	21
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	21:15	24
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		18:16	21
36	Cole Smith	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	4	0		16:16	20
49	Reid Schaefer	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		11:17	14
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		22:45	21
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:08	22
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	38.5	17:45	22
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		17:43	22
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		16:20	21
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	40.0	15:57	21
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		15:49	16
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		15:38	20
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		14:40	17
71	Matthew Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		11:21	13
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	57.1	8:57	13
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:42	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00