National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Nashville 6, Washington 3
When: 12:30 PM ET, Monday, December 31, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Nashville 1326
Washington 2103
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:33 - Capitals Michal Kempny (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
8:45 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Evgeny Kuznetsov
9:08 - Predators Rocco Grimaldi (EV) Assists: Zac Rinaldo , Mattias Ekholm
Penalties
5:35 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
8:22 - Capitals Chandler Stephenson (EV) Assists: Devante Smith-Pelly , Braden Holtby
9:57 - Predators Miikka Salomaki (EV) Assists: Nick Bonino , Mattias Ekholm
11:59 - Predators Ryan Johansen (EV) Assists: Roman Josi
14:30 - Predators Frederick Gaudreau (EV) Assists: Rocco Grimaldi , Craig Smith
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
10:35 - Predators Ryan Ellis (EV) Assists: Ryan Johansen , Viktor Arvidsson
18:00 - Predators Viktor Arvidsson (PP) Assists: Ryan Johansen , Kevin Fiala
Penalties
4:57 - Predators Mattias Ekholm (2) Cross checking
 16:29 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Interference
 16:29 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Roughing
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 4:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:20 11:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Ryan Ellis D 1 0 1 E 0 1 25 25:51 23:22 1:56 0:33 0 0 2 3 - - -
Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 14:29 13:02 0:00 1:27 0 0 1 3 - - -
Nick Bonino C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 25 18:27 16:05 1:49 0:33 0 0 - - 9 6 60
Mattias Ekholm D 0 2 2 +2 2 1 26 22:19 20:30 1:49 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Craig Smith RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 14:49 13:00 1:49 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 14:07 11:29 1:09 1:29 0 0 - 1 8 4 67
Miikka Salomaki RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 20 16:02 16:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Kevin Fiala LW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 18 13:42 10:51 2:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rocco Grimaldi C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 12 9:27 9:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Arvidsson RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 25 21:01 17:54 2:11 0:56 1 0 - - - - -
Zac Rinaldo LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 9 6:24 6:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Ryan Hartman RW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 22 15:28 15:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Austin Watson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 15:38 15:07 0:00 0:31 0 0 2 1 - - -
Roman Josi D 0 1 1 E 0 4 25 24:25 21:41 2:11 0:33 0 0 - 1 - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 26 21:48 18:17 2:04 1:27 0 0 - 4 - - -
Frederick Gaudreau C 1 0 1 E 0 2 15 11:51 11:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 7 2 78
Ryan Johansen C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 25 20:52 18:10 2:11 0:31 0 0 1 - 10 12 45
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00 54:00 2:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Kempny D 1 0 1 -2 0 1 25 20:47 18:55 0:00 1:52 0 0 1 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 22 21:04 19:04 2:00 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 21:04 20:00 0:00 1:04 0 0 2 1 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16 13:27 13:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 19 13:15 13:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 13 9:13 8:38 0:00 0:35 0 0 - 1 2 0 100
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 21 19:17 16:13 2:00 1:04 0 0 3 - 14 12 54
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 15:23 13:29 0:00 1:54 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 16:14 15:13 0:00 1:01 0 0 3 1 - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 14 8:58 8:18 0:00 0:40 0 0 1 - - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 17:02 17:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 15:53 14:12 0:00 1:41 0 0 5 - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 17:16 15:10 0:00 2:06 0 0 3 2 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16 12:48 12:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15 9:14 8:39 0:00 0:35 0 0 - 1 0 6 0
John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 28 24:06 20:09 2:00 1:57 0 0 1 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 20:07 18:07 2:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 E 2 2 21 19:21 17:21 2:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 10 17
Goaltending
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pekka Rinne W (15-10-1) 25 22 3 .880 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby L (15-9-2) 34 28 6 .824 0 60:00