Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

Tue, Feb 15, 2022 · Bridgestone Arena · 2021–22 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 1

Final

Nashville Predators

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at Bridgestone Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ilya Samsonov made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	3	4	28
NSH	0	0	1	1	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:17	WSH	EV	Joe Snively (3) · wrist	Conor Sheary (11), Dmitry Orlov (16)	1–0
3rd	02:43	NSH	EV	Michael McCarron (2) · deflected	Roman Josi (35), Dante Fabbro (11)	1–1
3rd	03:27	WSH	EV	Nick Jensen (4) · snap	Garnet Hathaway (8), Carl Hagelin (9)	2–1
3rd	04:33	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (30) · slap	John Carlson (29), Tom Wilson (19)	3–1
3rd	18:37	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (31) · wrist	Unassisted	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	06:25	NSH	Michael McCarron	high sticking	2
2nd	12:03	WSH	Joe Snively	hooking	2
2nd	12:54	NSH	Mikael Granlund	tripping	2
3rd	03:54	NSH	Yakov Trenin	kneeing	2
3rd	11:27	NSH	Mikael Granlund	holding	2
3rd	16:07	WSH	Nick Jensen	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	20:00	NSH	Bench	game misconduct head coach	0

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.18 · NSH 2.59 · xG% WSH 55.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+1	0	4	2	1		16:55	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		25:09	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	2		23:39	29
3	Nick Jensen	D	1	0	1	+3	2	1	1	0		21:33	28
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		16:52	26
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2		16:29	20
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		14:56	23
91	Joe Snively	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0		14:31	19
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2		12:48	19
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3		21:48	27
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		18:18	25
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	5	1	56.5	18:06	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	70.0	17:08	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	33.3	15:57	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2	25.0	13:58	16
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:47	12
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	0		11:16	12
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:50	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	34	33	1	.971	60:00

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	0		25:27	27
57	Dante Fabbro	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	3	0		19:01	22
47	Michael McCarron	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	4	0	66.7	9:10	15
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		22:17	25
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	-2	4	2	0	0	42.1	22:04	25
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4		21:55	26
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	50.0	21:43	23
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-2	0	6	4	1		19:40	22
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		19:11	21
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	83.3	16:16	22
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	1		15:42	19
92	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:05	18
90	Mark Borowiecki	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		14:21	22
5	Matt Benning	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:38	21
28	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		11:59	15
11	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		11:45	16
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0		8:16	11
26	Philip Tomasino	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		7:56	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	L	27	24	3	.889	57:55