Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

2 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 4–2 on Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Jakob Chychrun scored twice. Logan Thompson made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	1	1	2	29
WSH	2	1	1	4	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:15	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (23) · snap	Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Jakob Chychrun (25)	0–1
1st	12:48	WSH	PP	Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) · snap	Dylan Strome (30), John Carlson (36)	0–2
2nd	08:42	WSH	EV	Jakob Chychrun (20) · snap	Unassisted	0–3
2nd	17:40	NSH	EV	Jonathan Marchessault (10) · deflected	Erik Haula (20), Adam Wilsby (10)	1–3
3rd	01:17	NSH	EV	Michael McCarron (5) · wrist	Cole Smith (4), Adam Wilsby (11)	2–3
3rd	13:11	WSH	PP	Jakob Chychrun (21) · snap	Dylan Strome (31), Alex Ovechkin (26)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:54	NSH	Ozzy Wiesblatt	tripping	2
1st	15:35	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	interference	2
1st	17:47	NSH	Brady Skjei	tripping	2
2nd	02:52	WSH	Ryan Leonard	cross checking	2
2nd	03:39	NSH	Jonathan Marchessault	slashing	2
2nd	15:15	NSH	Erik Haula	high sticking	2
2nd	15:19	WSH	Justin Sourdif	hooking	2
3rd	10:14	NSH	Brady Skjei	tripping	2
3rd	13:03	NSH	Jonathan Marchessault	slashing	2
3rd	15:26	WSH	Rasmus Sandin	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NSH 4.23 · WSH 2.88 · xG% NSH 59.5

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	1		16:38	24
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	63.6	18:34	26
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	0		17:07	21
47	Michael McCarron	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	44.4	15:45	23
36	Cole Smith	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	1		14:25	22
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		28:18	27
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	53.3	21:11	24
20	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0		18:46	22
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1		18:44	27
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20.0	18:33	21
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:13	20
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:09	22
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:15	21
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		16:08	24
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		14:57	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	80.0	9:30	13
49	Reid Schaefer	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		6:33	9
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		6:31	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	L	30	26	4	.867	56:41

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	2	1	3	+1	0	7	0	2		29:21	25
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	1	64.3	17:35	23
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	0	70.0	11:51	15
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	4	1		19:32	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0		13:15	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2		7:03	9
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		21:08	25
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		21:05	23
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1		18:57	21
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	27.8	18:20	27
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	18:16	26
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		17:47	23
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		16:07	21
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1	50.0	14:30	20
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3		13:49	21
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		13:45	17
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		13:21	20
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	7:02	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	29	27	2	.931	59:16