Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Wed, Dec 29, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2021–22 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

3 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 5–3 on Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at Capital One Arena. John Carlson led the way with 4 points. Ilya Samsonov made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	3	0	3	20
WSH	3	0	2	5	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:15	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (6) · wrist	John Carlson (21), Alex Ovechkin (26)	0–1
1st	13:11	WSH	EV	John Carlson (7) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (2), Dmitry Orlov (11)	0–2
1st	18:52	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (4) · wrist	Carl Hagelin (5), Michal Kempny (1)	0–3
2nd	01:23	NSH	EV	Yakov Trenin (6) · wrist	Tanner Jeannot (10), Dante Fabbro (7)	1–3
2nd	07:03	NSH	EV	Luke Kunin (5) · tip-in	Eeli Tolvanen (7), Ben Harpur (1)	2–3
2nd	07:38	NSH	EV	Filip Forsberg (14) · tip-in	Dante Fabbro (8), Mikael Granlund (23)	3–3
3rd	14:24	WSH	SH	Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (8), John Carlson (22)	3–4
3rd	18:57	WSH	SH EN	Carl Hagelin (2) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (12), John Carlson (23)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:44	NSH	Michael McCarron	interference	2
1st	16:03	NSH	Ryan Johansen	slashing	2
1st	19:21	NSH	Matt Benning	roughing	2
1st	19:21	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	high sticking	2
1st	19:21	WSH	Alexander Alexeyev	roughing	2
2nd	04:27	NSH	Mark Borowiecki	instigator	2
2nd	04:27	NSH	Mark Borowiecki	fighting	5
2nd	04:27	NSH	Mark Borowiecki	misconduct	10
2nd	04:27	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
2nd	13:00	NSH	Ben Harpur	roughing	2
2nd	13:00	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	roughing	2
2nd	16:35	NSH	Matt Benning	roughing	2
3rd	06:15	NSH	Dante Fabbro	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	08:24	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2
3rd	12:18	NSH	Mikael Granlund	cross checking	2
3rd	13:44	WSH	Tom Wilson	tripping	2
3rd	19:31	WSH	Michal Kempny	cross checking	2
3rd	19:31	NSH	Michael McCarron	misconduct	10
3rd	19:31	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NSH 2.19 · WSH 4.14 · xG% NSH 34.6

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
57	Dante Fabbro	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	2		17:23	27
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	61.5	25:18	27
9	Filip Forsberg	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:29	23
17	Ben Harpur	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	1		17:45	23
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	50.0	17:16	23
13	Yakov Trenin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	3	0		14:33	20
11	Luke Kunin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2		12:22	21
28	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0		11:50	19
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		24:52	32
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	3		23:40	31
5	Matt Benning	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0		19:44	27
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		18:51	22
92	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	56.3	17:30	24
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	+1	12	2	2	2	50.0	13:30	20
90	Mark Borowiecki	D	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	1		10:55	16
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	50.0	8:07	12
25	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0		7:25	9
26	Philip Tomasino	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	100.0	6:40	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	L	36	32	4	.889	59:16

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	3	4	+2	0	5	0	1		24:27	24
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	2	2	+2	2	1	2	3		20:42	28
62	Carl Hagelin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0		11:21	18
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0		26:01	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	33.3	21:58	24
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1		20:57	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	25.0	20:13	19
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	23.1	19:06	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	45.5	16:19	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	84.6	10:36	20
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		21:32	25
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	19	2	2	0	50.0	18:02	23
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		12:20	17
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0		10:49	17
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		10:35	16
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		10:04	11
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4		9:29	15
59	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		7:00	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	20	17	3	.850	60:00