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2009-10 regular season

Predators at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Predators 3–2 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on October 17, 2009.

NSH – WSH
24–35
Shots on goal
0/4–1/3
Power play
16–14
Hits
22–15
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G
6 shots · 22:43 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Knuble
2 A
2 shots · 17:14 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Green
1 A
3 shots · 27:00 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:27
Assists: Mike Green, Mike Knuble · beat Dan Ellis
0–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 1st · 18:15
Assists: Brendan Morrison, Mike Knuble · beat Dan Ellis
0–2
2nd period
🐯 Shea Weber 2nd · 14:29
Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Marcel Goc · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–2
🐯 J-P Dumont Tying 2nd · 16:04
Unassisted · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–2
Shootout
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Dan Ellis
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Sullivan · Arnott · Ward 21:00
L2 Legwand · Goc · Erat 19:23
L3 O'Reilly · Hornqvist · Dumont 15:01
L4 Smithson · Wilson · Belak 9:51
D1 Suter · Weber 30:44
D2 Bouillon · Klein 24:51
D3 Franson · Laakso 9:25
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 21:02
L2 Laing · Morrison · Semin 17:44
L3 Steckel · Knuble · Bradley 17:02
L4 Fehr · Aucoin · Clark 6:07
D1 Green · Poti 25:12
D2 Jurcina · Schultz 21:16
D3 Sloan · Pothier 16:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH WSH🦅
24 Shots on goal 35
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
16 Hits 14
22 Blocked shots 15
3 Takeaways 11
11 Giveaways 8
6 Penalty minutes 8
NSH shooting 8.3% (2/24) WSH shooting 8.6% (3/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Dan Ellis
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 64:57 TOI
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 64:54 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 05:27 · 0–1 Alex Ovechkin · 1st 18:15 · 0–2 Shea Weber · 2nd 14:29 · 1–2 J-P Dumont · 2nd 16:04 · 2–2
NSH WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 2–2
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 102009 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 2–1 OT Oct 282008 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO Mar 182008 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 4–2 Dec 72005 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 5–2 Feb 132004 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 2–5
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Who won Predators vs Capitals on October 17, 2009?

Capitals won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Predators 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Predators?

J-P Dumont, Shea Weber.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Dan Ellis made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Predators vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeOct 15 🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH 3–1 AfterOct 21 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 2–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 15 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 1–4 AfterOct 22 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 5–4
Also on October 17
🐦ATL 4–2 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 4–1 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 3–1 🇨🇦MTL 🌪️CAR 0–2 😈NJD 🦈SJS 4–1 🏝️NYI 🏔️COL 4–3 🐙DET 👑LAK 1–4 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 1–4 🐧PIT
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