National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Nashville 6, Washington 3
Monday, December 31, 2018 12:30 PM
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 TOI
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:20
Ryan Ellis D 1 0 1 E 0 1 25:51
Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:29
Nick Bonino C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 18:27
Mattias Ekholm D 0 2 2 +2 2 1 22:19
Craig Smith RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 14:49
Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 14:07
Miikka Salomaki RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 16:02
Kevin Fiala LW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 13:42
Rocco Grimaldi C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 9:27
Viktor Arvidsson RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 21:01
Zac Rinaldo LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 6:24
Ryan Hartman RW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 15:28
Austin Watson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 15:38
Roman Josi D 0 1 1 E 0 4 24:25
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 21:48
Frederick Gaudreau C 1 0 1 E 0 2 11:51
Ryan Johansen C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 20:52
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Braden Holtby G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00
Michal Kempny D 1 0 1 -2 0 1 20:47
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 21:04
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21:04
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13:27
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 13:15
Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 9:13
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 19:17
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:23
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16:14
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 8:58
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:02
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15:53
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:16
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12:48
Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 9:14
John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 24:06
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20:07
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 E 2 2 19:21
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