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Nashville 3,
Washington 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 30, 2023
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: CJ Murray, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18573
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: CJ Murray, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
| Final OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| Nashville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1SO | 3 |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Periods:
- All
- 1
- 2
- 3
- OT
- SO
1
| Nashville | Washington | |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 0:15 | |
| Gustav Nyquist wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 0:17 | |
| Shot by Filip Forsberg misses the net | 0:18 | |
| 0:41 | Giveaway by John Carlson. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 0:43 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 0:45 | |
| Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 0:47 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 0:49 | |
| 1:20 | Takeaway by Connor McMichael. | |
| 1:21 | Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. | 1:23 | |
| 1:39 | Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Michael McCarron. | |
| 1:51 | Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net | |
| Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh. | 1:53 | |
| 1:59 | Rasmus Sandin shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 2:16 | Nick Jensen hits Tommy Novak. | |
| 2:21 | Tom Wilson blocks shot from Roman Josi. | |
| Shot by Dante Fabbro misses the net | 2:26 | |
| Dante Fabbro shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 2:41 | |
| Luke Evangelista scores. Assisted by Dante Fabbro and Tommy Novak. | 2:44 | |
| 2:44 | Hendrix Lapierre wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:01 | |
| Giveaway by Yaroslav Askarov. | 3:08 | |
| 3:10 | Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net | |
| 3:16 | Joel Edmundson hits Kiefer Sherwood. | |
| Juuso Parssinen shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:21 | |
| Ryan McDonagh shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:52 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 3:54 | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 4:12 | |
| 4:14 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak. | |
| 4:46 | Joel Edmundson blocks shot from Cole Smith. | |
| 5:03 | Aliaksei Protas shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 5:15 | Takeaway by Nick Jensen. | |
| Shot by Gustav Nyquist misses the net | 5:28 | |
| 5:54 | Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Filip Forsberg. | |
| 6:03 | Alex Ovechkin penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Filip Forsberg. | |
| 6:03 | Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| Shot by Colton Sissons misses the net | 6:21 | |
| 6:36 | John Carlson blocks shot from Filip Forsberg. | |
| 6:43 | Giveaway by Joel Edmundson. | |
| Roman Josi scores a power play goal. Assisted by Gustav Nyquist and Ryan O'Reilly. | 6:55 | |
| 6:55 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Yakov Trenin. | |
| 7:27 | Ethan Bear shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 7:45 | Trevor van Riemsdyk hits Yakov Trenin. | |
| Michael McCarron hits Hendrix Lapierre. | 7:53 | |
| 7:55 | Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net | |
| 8:04 | Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net | |
| Giveaway by Kiefer Sherwood. | 8:13 | |
| Kiefer Sherwood hits Rasmus Sandin. | 8:25 | |
| 9:21 | Alex Ovechkin hits Dante Fabbro. | |
| 9:30 | Takeaway by John Carlson. | |
| Luke Schenn blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. | 9:32 | |
| 9:38 | John Carlson shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh. | 9:39 | |
| 9:41 | Joel Edmundson shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Jeremy Lauzon hits Beck Malenstyn. | 10:03 | |
| 10:23 | Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 10:25 | Beck Malenstyn scores. Assisted by Nic Dowd and Trevor van Riemsdyk. | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 10:25 | |
| 10:46 | Anthony Mantha blocks shot from Roman Josi. | |
| 10:57 | Aliaksei Protas hits Michael McCarron. | |
| 11:03 | Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons. | |
| Colton Sissons blocks shot from Joel Edmundson. | 11:43 | |
| 11:45 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| 11:57 | Shot by Aliaksei Protas misses the net | |
| 11:59 | Hendrix Lapierre wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron. | |
| Luke Schenn hits Tom Wilson. | 12:01 | |
| Shot by Philip Tomasino misses the net | 12:15 | |
| 12:19 | Giveaway by Hendrix Lapierre. | |
| 12:42 | John Carlson blocks shot from Ryan McDonagh. | |
| Michael McCarron penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Joel Edmundson. | 12:46 | |
| 12:46 | Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons. | |
| Takeaway by Colton Sissons. | 13:00 | |
| Giveaway by Colton Sissons. | 13:07 | |
| 15:10 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel hits Dante Fabbro. | |
| 15:36 | Hendrix Lapierre wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron. | |
| Yakov Trenin hits Trevor van Riemsdyk. | 15:58 | |
| Michael McCarron shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 16:13 | |
| Michael McCarron penalty for fighting against Tom Wilson - 5 mins (Major). | 16:15 | |
| 16:15 | Tom Wilson penalty for fighting against Michael McCarron - 5 mins (Major). | |
| 16:15 | Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak. | |
| 17:36 | Beck Malenstyn shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 17:50 | Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net | |
| 18:26 | Shot by Connor McMichael misses the net | |
| 18:34 | Connor McMichael hits Dante Fabbro. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood hits Aliaksei Protas. | 18:47 | |
| 18:56 | Ethan Bear shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 19:30 | Alex Ovechkin hits Tommy Novak. | |
| 19:41 | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin. | |
| 19:45 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak. | |
| 19:57 | John Carlson shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 19:58 | Shot by Connor McMichael misses the net | |
| 20:00 | Joel Edmundson penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jeremy Lauzon. | |
| Jeremy Lauzon penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Joel Edmundson. | 20:00 |
2
| Nashville | Washington | |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 0:00 | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 0:18 | |
| 0:21 | Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| 0:35 | Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 0:36 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Juuso Parssinen. | |
| Shot by Colton Sissons misses the net | 1:38 | |
| Roman Josi shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 1:48 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 2:04 | |
| 2:20 | Giveaway by Nick Jensen. | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. | 2:26 | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. | 2:44 | |
| Michael McCarron hits Rasmus Sandin. | 2:56 | |
| 3:26 | Dylan Strome hits Cole Smith. | |
| Luke Evangelista shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:29 | |
| 3:54 | Tom Wilson hits Alexandre Carrier. | |
| 4:12 | Giveaway by Matthew Phillips. | |
| Giveaway by Dante Fabbro. | 4:39 | |
| Shot by Filip Forsberg misses the net | 4:45 | |
| 5:01 | Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net | |
| Dante Fabbro hits Nic Dowd. | 5:06 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 6:22 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 6:23 | |
| 6:28 | Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Dante Fabbro. | |
| 7:06 | Shot by Joel Edmundson misses the net | |
| Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Dylan Strome. | 7:28 | |
| 7:29 | Shot by Ethan Bear misses the net | |
| 7:33 | Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 7:40 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. | 7:42 | |
| Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier. | 8:06 | |
| 8:09 | Rasmus Sandin hits Colton Sissons. | |
| Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Trevor van Riemsdyk. | 8:31 | |
| 8:43 | Aliaksei Protas hits Alexandre Carrier. | |
| Michael McCarron hits Nick Jensen. | 9:10 | |
| Michael McCarron shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 9:17 | |
| Kiefer Sherwood wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 9:19 | |
| 9:21 | Beck Malenstyn blocks shot from Dante Fabbro. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood hits Nic Dowd. | 9:25 | |
| 10:35 | Ethan Bear blocks shot from Filip Forsberg. | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 10:36 | |
| 11:09 | Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Juuso Parssinen. | |
| Jeremy Lauzon hits Dylan Strome. | 11:29 | |
| Giveaway by Juuso Parssinen. | 11:42 | |
| 11:56 | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin. | |
| 12:00 | Alex Ovechkin hits Yakov Trenin. | |
| Ryan McDonagh shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 12:27 | |
| Luke Evangelista penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nick Jensen. | 12:56 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. | 12:56 | |
| 13:19 | Giveaway by John Carlson. | |
| Shot by Colton Sissons misses the net | 13:21 | |
| Alexandre Carrier hits Tom Wilson. | 13:55 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. | 13:58 | |
| Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh. | 14:30 | |
| Yakov Trenin hits Alex Ovechkin. | 14:31 | |
| 14:59 | Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas. | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. | 14:59 | |
| Yakov Trenin hits Nick Jensen. | 15:17 | |
| Roman Josi blocks shot from Tom Wilson. | 15:32 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 15:53 | |
| Shot by Gustav Nyquist misses the net | 15:55 | |
| 16:06 | Tom Wilson hits Gustav Nyquist. | |
| Takeaway by Gustav Nyquist. | 16:25 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 16:30 | |
| Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 16:44 | |
| Luke Evangelista wins the faceoff against Aliaksei Protas. | 16:46 | |
| Luke Evangelista shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 17:03 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 17:06 | |
| 17:18 | Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood hits Aliaksei Protas. | 17:24 | |
| 17:36 | Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas. | |
| 17:39 | Connor McMichael blocks shot from Roman Josi. | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 17:42 | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 17:44 | |
| Shot by Gustav Nyquist misses the net | 17:47 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 17:48 | |
| 18:05 | Beck Malenstyn shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Luke Schenn blocks shot from John Carlson. | 18:30 | |
| Shot by Philip Tomasino misses the net | 18:47 | |
| 19:12 | Dylan Strome blocks shot from Roman Josi. | |
| 19:21 | Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Michael McCarron. | |
| Shot by Yakov Trenin misses the net | 19:38 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 19:57 |
3
| Nashville | Washington | |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 0:00 | |
| Filip Forsberg hits John Carlson. | 0:33 | |
| Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly. | 0:38 | |
| Shot by Roman Josi misses the net | 0:40 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 0:52 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 1:01 | |
| 1:16 | Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 1:29 | Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 2:06 | Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. | 2:08 | |
| Filip Forsberg blocks shot from Joel Edmundson. | 2:12 | |
| 2:16 | Shot by Dylan Strome misses the net | |
| 2:21 | Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Ryan O'Reilly blocks shot from Joel Edmundson. | 2:24 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:04 | |
| 3:15 | Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin. | |
| Tommy Novak blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. | 3:19 | |
| 3:37 | Rasmus Sandin shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 3:40 | |
| Kiefer Sherwood hits Rasmus Sandin. | 3:50 | |
| Shot by Colton Sissons misses the net | 3:52 | |
| 4:01 | Connor McMichael penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Juuso Parssinen. | |
| 4:01 | Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| 4:49 | Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. | |
| 4:53 | Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 4:55 | Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak. | |
| 4:56 | Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| 5:28 | John Carlson blocks shot from Philip Tomasino. | |
| 5:30 | Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| Giveaway by Filip Forsberg. | 5:56 | |
| Shot by Cole Smith misses the net | 6:43 | |
| 6:48 | Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas. | |
| Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 7:07 | |
| 7:20 | Joel Edmundson shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 7:48 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 7:50 | |
| Shot by Roman Josi misses the net | 7:52 | |
| 8:06 | Takeaway by Tom Wilson. | |
| Takeaway by Yaroslav Askarov. | 8:15 | |
| Yakov Trenin hits Rasmus Sandin. | 8:30 | |
| Yakov Trenin shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 8:59 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 9:01 | |
| Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 9:36 | |
| Shot by Dante Fabbro misses the net | 9:39 | |
| Shot by Tommy Novak misses the net | 9:40 | |
| Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 9:42 | |
| 9:45 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak. | |
| 10:03 | Ethan Bear blocks shot from Roman Josi. | |
| 10:14 | Aliaksei Protas blocks shot from Luke Evangelista. | |
| 10:26 | Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Kiefer Sherwood blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. | 11:07 | |
| Colton Sissons blocks shot from Luke Schenn. | 11:38 | |
| Shot by Michael McCarron misses the net | 12:02 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon hits Tom Wilson. | 12:11 | |
| 12:34 | Nic Dowd hits Alexandre Carrier. | |
| 12:55 | Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Ryan O'Reilly. | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 13:02 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. | 13:04 | |
| 13:06 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel blocks shot from Roman Josi. | |
| Luke Schenn hits Beck Malenstyn. | 13:43 | |
| 13:59 | Dylan Strome blocks shot from Ryan McDonagh. | |
| Shot by Juuso Parssinen misses the net | 14:03 | |
| 14:18 | Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. | |
| Colton Sissons hits Rasmus Sandin. | 14:21 | |
| 14:23 | Dylan Strome blocks shot from Alexandre Carrier. | |
| Luke Evangelista shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 14:40 | |
| Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. | 14:43 | |
| Cole Smith blocks shot from Alexandre Carrier. | 15:09 | |
| Yakov Trenin shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 15:41 | |
| Shot by Michael McCarron misses the net | 15:56 | |
| 16:02 | Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. | |
| Luke Schenn hits John Carlson. | 16:29 | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 16:32 | |
| 17:11 | Nic Dowd blocks shot from Colton Sissons. | |
| Jeremy Lauzon hits Nicolas Aube-Kubel. | 17:20 | |
| 17:37 | Tom Wilson hits Alexandre Carrier. | |
| Roman Josi blocks shot from Aliaksei Protas. | 17:56 | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. | 17:57 | |
| Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. | 18:06 | |
| 18:45 | Beck Malenstyn hits Luke Schenn. | |
| 18:59 | Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Luke Schenn penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. | 19:00 | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. | 19:00 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. | 19:29 | |
| Takeaway by Cole Smith. | 19:48 |
1 OT
| Nashville | Washington | |
|---|---|---|
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. | 0:00 | |
| 0:43 | Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net | |
| Colton Sissons blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. | 0:46 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Tom Wilson. | 0:48 | |
| 0:48 | Shot by Dylan Strome misses the net | |
| 0:54 | John Carlson shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. | 0:58 | |
| 1:30 | Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin. | |
| 1:54 | Ethan Bear blocks shot from Gustav Nyquist. | |
| 2:26 | Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net | |
| 2:34 | John Carlson hits Dante Fabbro. | |
| Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from Aliaksei Protas. | 2:37 | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:56 | |
| Filip Forsberg shoots Saved by Hunter Shepard. | 3:57 | |
| 3:58 | Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons. | |
| 4:10 | Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. | |
| Roman Josi blocks shot from Tom Wilson. | 4:31 | |
| 4:56 | Giveaway by John Carlson. |
Shootout
Round 1
| WAS | Shootout attempt by Evgeny Kuznetsov. Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. |
| NAS | Gustav Nyquist scores on shootout attempt. |
Round 2
| WAS | Shootout attempt by Alex Ovechkin. Saved by Yaroslav Askarov. |
| NAS | Ryan O'Reilly scores on shootout attempt. |