National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Nashville 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Brad Meier, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Brian Mach
Attendance: 17113
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1135
Nashville 0123
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:02 - Capitals Jason Chimera (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson
Penalties
3:41 - Capitals Nate Schmidt (2) Holding
 4:42 - Predators Mike Fisher (2) Tripping
 7:23 - Capitals Justin Williams (2) Hooking
 14:06 - Predators Craig Smith (2) Tripping
 14:13 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:55 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson , John Carlson
14:42 - Predators Filip Forsberg (PP) Assists: Craig Smith , Mattias Ekholm
Penalties
10:54 - Capitals Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 12:50 - Capitals Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
5:00 - Capitals Justin Williams (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Andre Burakovsky
8:03 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Justin Williams , Karl Alzner
9:49 - Predators Roman Josi (EV) Assists: Calle Jarnkrok , Ryan Johansen
12:00 - Predators Filip Forsberg (EV) Assists: Mattias Ekholm , Ryan Ellis
19:00 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) (EN) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Marcus Johansson
Penalties
18:37 - Predators Mattias Ekholm (2) Tripping
 19:41 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Interference
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:14 1:31 7:15 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 +2 2 3 31 26:11 21:11 0:23 4:37 0 0 4 2 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15 10:21 10:10 0:00 0:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 E 0 3 21 18:13 16:42 1:31 0:00 1 0 1 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 11:55 11:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Mike Richards C 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 9:55 7:41 0:00 2:14 0 0 - 1 7 2 78
Justin Williams RW 1 1 2 E 2 2 22 14:20 13:29 0:00 0:51 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 E 0 3 23 18:38 16:05 1:31 1:02 0 0 - 1 12 11 52
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 10:32 7:03 0:00 3:29 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jason Chimera LW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 19 14:14 12:32 0:00 1:42 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 29 24:11 19:15 0:00 4:56 0 0 - 3 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 1 1 2 +2 0 2 20 15:55 13:23 0:00 2:32 0 0 3 - 2 1 67
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:49 6:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 20 14:07 14:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 E 0 0 31 24:16 20:07 1:31 2:38 0 0 2 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 27 19:57 16:19 1:02 2:36 0 0 1 - 4 1 80
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 30 21:42 19:28 0:06 2:08 0 0 1 2 - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 1 2 3 +3 2 1 18 13:27 11:56 1:31 0:00 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 21 15:06 15:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 9 36
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carter Hutton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 58:50 50:33 6:56 1:21 0 0 - - - - -
Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 9:08 9:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Ellis D 0 1 1 E 0 0 31 24:23 20:42 3:16 0:25 0 0 1 - - - -
Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11 9:17 9:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 31 27:27 22:31 3:46 1:10 0 0 3 1 - - -
Filip Forsberg LW 2 0 2 -1 0 4 26 19:32 15:17 3:15 1:00 1 0 - 2 - - -
Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 25 17:24 14:12 3:12 0:00 0 0 - 1 11 10 52
Mattias Ekholm D 0 2 2 E 2 2 31 23:14 19:16 3:37 0:21 0 0 1 1 - - -
Craig Smith RW 0 1 1 -1 2 1 26 17:23 14:04 3:19 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Cody Bass C 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 5:38 5:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
James Neal RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 28 21:55 17:56 3:59 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 18:30 17:07 0:23 1:00 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Miikka Salomaki RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 7:20 6:49 0:00 0:31 0 0 5 1 - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 6:33 6:02 0:00 0:31 0 0 - - 1 5 17
Colin Wilson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 13:51 13:47 0:04 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Viktor Arvidsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 11:12 11:08 0:04 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Roman Josi D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 31 26:31 21:34 3:51 1:06 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 17:01 13:09 3:52 0:00 0 0 1 - 5 7 42
Ryan Johansen C 0 1 1 E 0 3 27 20:28 16:22 3:56 0:10 0 0 1 1 7 10 41
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (34-5-3) 26 23 3 .885 0 60:00
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pekka Rinne L (20-18-7) 22 18 4 .818 0 58:50