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2021-22 regular season

Predators at Capitals

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

Capitals beat Predators 5–3 at Capital One Arena on December 29, 2021.

NSH – WSH
20–37
Shots on goal
25–20
Hits
17–14
Blocked shots
11–7
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
John Carlson
1 G, 3 A
5 shots · 24:27 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Carl Hagelin
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 11:21 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Dmitry Orlov
2 A
1 shots · 20:42 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Lars Eller Go-ahead 1st · 03:15
Assists: John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin · beat Juuse Saros
0–1
🦅 John Carlson 1st · 13:11
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Dmitry Orlov · beat Juuse Saros
0–2
🦅 Nic Dowd 1st · 18:52
Assists: Carl Hagelin, Michal Kempny · beat Juuse Saros
0–3
2nd period
🐯 Yakov Trenin 2nd · 01:23
Assists: Tanner Jeannot, Dante Fabbro · beat Ilya Samsonov
1–3
🐯 Luke Kunin 2nd · 07:03
Assists: Eeli Tolvanen, Ben Harpur · beat Ilya Samsonov
2–3
🐯 Filip Forsberg Tying 2nd · 07:38
Assists: Dante Fabbro, Mikael Granlund · beat Ilya Samsonov
3–3
3rd period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov SH Go-ahead 3rd · 14:24
Assists: T.J. Oshie, John Carlson · beat Juuse Saros
3–4
🦅 Carl Hagelin Empty net 3rd · 18:57
Assists: Dmitry Orlov, John Carlson
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Forsberg · Granlund · Duchene 18:51
L2 Jeannot · Johansen · Trenin 17:16
L3 Kunin · McCarron · Tolvanen 12:22
L4 Cousins · Tomasino · Olivier 7:25
D1 Ekholm · Carrier 24:16
D2 Benning · Harpur 18:44
D3 Fabbro · Borowiecki 14:09
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 21:58
L2 Eller · Backstrom · Wilson 18:02
L3 Sheary · Hagelin · Hathaway 11:21
L4 Dowd · McMichael · Protas 10:04
D1 Carlson · van Riemsdyk 23:00
D2 Kempny · Orlov 20:50
D3 Alexeyev · Irwin 10:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH WSH🦅
20 Shots on goal 37
25 Hits 20
17 Blocked shots 14
11 Takeaways 7
4 Giveaways 5
41 Penalty minutes 27
NSH shooting 15.0% (3/20) WSH shooting 13.5% (5/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Juuse Saros
32/36
.889 SV% · 4 GA · 59:16 TOI
🦅Capitals
Ilya Samsonov
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Lars Eller · 1st 03:15 · 0–1 John Carlson · 1st 13:11 · 0–2 Nic Dowd · 1st 18:52 · 0–3 Yakov Trenin · 2nd 01:23 · 1–3 Luke Kunin · 2nd 07:03 · 2–3 Filip Forsberg · 2nd 07:38 · 3–3 Evgeny Kuznetsov · 3rd 14:24 · 3–4 Carl Hagelin · 3rd 18:57 · 3–5
NSH WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–3
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 4-2-1 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 4-0-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Jan 292020 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 5–4 Oct 102019 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 5–6 Jan 152019 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 2–7 Dec 312018 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 6–3 Apr 52018 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 4–3
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Who won Predators vs Capitals on December 29, 2021?

Capitals won 5–3. The final score was Predators 3, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Predators?

Filip Forsberg, Luke Kunin, Yakov Trenin.

Who scored for Capitals?

Carl Hagelin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson, Lars Eller, Nic Dowd.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Juuse Saros made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 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
BeforeDec 17 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 3–2 AfterDec 30 🐯NSH @ 🧥CBJ 3–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 19 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterDec 31 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 3–1
Also on December 29
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