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Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

NHLJanuary 11, 2026Bridgestone Arena

CapitalsWashingtonWSH23-17-6

Capitals 2, Predators 3

Final
PredatorsNashvilleNSHWon21-20-4
Score by period
Team123T
WSH1012
NSH1023

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Erik Haula faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  3. 0:11Steven Stamkos hit Rasmus Sandin
  4. 0:30Steven Stamkos Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  5. 0:45Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  6. 1:44Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  7. 2:27Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  8. 2:29Matthew Wood Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  9. 2:38Tyson Jost hit Brett Leason
  10. 2:47Hendrix Lapierre hit Tyson Jost
  11. 2:49Off-side
  12. 2:49Nic Dowd faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  13. 3:06John Carlson Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  14. 3:08Goalie Stopped
  15. 3:08Erik Haula faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  16. 3:26Giveaway by Justus Annunen
  17. 3:27Justin Sourdif Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  18. 3:36Erik Haula Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  19. 3:44Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  20. 3:46Goalie Stopped
  21. 3:46Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  22. 4:15Matt Roy shot blocked by Luke Evangelista
  23. 4:22Nic Dowd hit Nick Blankenburg
  24. 4:29Nic Dowd hit Ryan O'Reilly
  25. 4:45Matt Roy Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  26. 4:48Michael McCarron hit Matt Roy
  27. 5:06Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  28. 5:15Roman Josi Holding against Aliaksei Protas
  29. 5:15Dylan Strome faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  30. 5:27Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  31. 5:31Michael McCarron Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  32. 5:31Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  33. 5:56Alex Ovechkin Goal (20) Slap Shot, assists: John Carlson (26), Ryan Leonard (19)
  34. 5:56Dylan Strome faceoff won against Erik Haula
  35. 6:56Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  36. 7:25Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
  37. 8:00Roman Josi shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  38. 8:28Steven Stamkos hit Martin Fehervary
  39. 8:36Giveaway by Nic Dowd
  40. 9:40Brady Skjei shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
  41. 9:53Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  42. 10:00Matt Roy hit Luke Evangelista
  43. 10:09Ryan Leonard Wrist Shot Wide Left
  44. 10:17Rasmus Sandin Deflected saved by Justus Annunen
  45. 10:19Goalie Stopped
  46. 10:19Michael McCarron faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  47. 10:24Dylan Strome Backhand Wide Left
  48. 10:34Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren
  49. 10:39Michael McCarron Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  50. 10:42Cole Smith hit John Carlson
  51. 11:16Takeaway by Steven Stamkos
  52. 11:27Icing
  53. 11:27Nic Dowd faceoff won against Erik Haula
  54. 11:34Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  55. 11:36Goalie Stopped
  56. 11:36Erik Haula faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  57. 12:00Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot Wide Left
  58. 12:26Off-side
  59. 12:26Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  60. 12:43Takeaway by Tyson Jost
  61. 12:46Declan Chisholm hit Tyson Jost
  62. 12:48Fedor Svechkov hit Brandon Duhaime
  63. 13:03Brandon Duhaime Holding against Fedor Svechkov
  64. 13:03Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  65. 13:07Steven Stamkos shot blocked by John Carlson
  66. 13:15Steven Stamkos Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Filip Forsberg (16), Roman Josi (14)
  67. 13:15Dylan Strome faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  68. 13:25Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  69. 13:39Giveaway by Nick Perbix
  70. 14:45Ethen Frank Tip-In saved by Justus Annunen
  71. 14:48Goalie Stopped
  72. 14:48Connor McMichael faceoff won against Erik Haula
  73. 14:57Icing
  74. 14:57Connor McMichael faceoff won against Erik Haula
  75. 15:00Matt Roy Wrist Shot Wide Left
  76. 15:09Erik Haula Tripping against Ryan Leonard
  77. 15:09Dylan Strome faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  78. 15:48Justin Sourdif hit Cole Smith
  79. 16:29Anthony Beauvillier Interference against Fedor Svechkov
  80. 16:29Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  81. 16:51Fedor Svechkov shot blocked by Connor McMichael
  82. 16:58Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  83. 17:29John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  84. 17:53Luke Evangelista Tip-In Wide Right
  85. 18:08Takeaway by Declan Chisholm
  86. 18:22Giveaway by Matthew Wood
  87. 18:24Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  88. 18:49Giveaway by Brady Skjei
  89. 18:56Reid Schaefer Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  90. 18:58Goalie Stopped
  91. 18:58Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  92. 19:08Cole Smith Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  93. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Erik Haula faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  3. 0:36Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  4. 0:56Nick Perbix Hooking against John Carlson
  5. 0:56Michael McCarron faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  6. 2:54Connor McMichael Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  7. 2:56Goalie Stopped
  8. 2:56Nic Dowd faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  9. 2:58Brett Leason shot blocked by Fedor Svechkov
  10. 5:15Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Wide Right
  11. 5:28Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  12. 5:51Aliaksei Protas Tripping against Brady Skjei
  13. 5:51Nic Dowd faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  14. 6:12Giveaway by Luke Evangelista
  15. 6:26Puck in Crowd
  16. 6:26Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  17. 7:41Michael Bunting Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  18. 7:47Michael Bunting Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  19. 7:50Nick Blankenburg Slap Shot Wide Left
  20. 7:54Giveaway by Matthew Wood
  21. 8:02Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Erik Haula
  22. 8:23Icing
  23. 8:23Dylan Strome faceoff won against Erik Haula
  24. 8:50Brady Skjei Wrist Shot Wide Left
  25. 8:59Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
  26. 9:14Michael McCarron Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  27. 9:17Puck in Netting
  28. 9:17Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  29. 9:23Matthew Wood Deflected Above Crossbar
  30. 9:26Fedor Svechkov hit Nic Dowd
  31. 9:27Tyson Jost hit Ethen Frank
  32. 10:01Giveaway by Tyson Jost
  33. 10:06Brett Leason Wrist Shot Wide Left
  34. 10:11Goalie Stopped
  35. 10:11Connor McMichael faceoff won against Erik Haula
  36. 10:16Connor McMichael Backhand saved by Justus Annunen
  37. 10:20Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  38. 10:31Giveaway by Nick Blankenburg
  39. 11:22Alex Ovechkin hit Brady Skjei
  40. 11:40Michael Bunting shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  41. 11:43Takeaway by John Carlson
  42. 11:50Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  43. 11:54Ethen Frank Deflected saved by Justus Annunen
  44. 12:05Declan Chisholm Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  45. 12:20John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  46. 12:22Ethen Frank Backhand saved by Justus Annunen
  47. 12:24Goalie Stopped
  48. 12:24Michael McCarron faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  49. 12:28Ryan Leonard Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  50. 12:30Goalie Stopped
  51. 12:30Connor McMichael faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  52. 12:34Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot Wide Left
  53. 12:47Hand Pass
  54. 12:47Michael McCarron faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  55. 12:50Anthony Beauvillier hit Nick Perbix
  56. 12:54Michael McCarron Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  57. 13:15Icing
  58. 13:15Michael McCarron faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  59. 13:23Cole Smith hit Nic Dowd
  60. 13:50Brett Leason hit Roman Josi
  61. 14:08Connor McMichael hit Roman Josi
  62. 14:10Ryan Leonard hit Nicolas Hague
  63. 14:26Matthew Wood Deflected saved by Charlie Lindgren
  64. 14:28Goalie Stopped
  65. 14:28Connor McMichael faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  66. 14:34Ryan Leonard hit Ryan O'Reilly
  67. 14:39Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  68. 14:39Matthew Wood hit Matt Roy
  69. 14:50Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  70. 15:24Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Michael Bunting
  71. 15:31Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Nick Blankenburg
  72. 15:58Giveaway by John Carlson
  73. 16:01Steven Stamkos Poke saved by Charlie Lindgren
  74. 16:16Adam Wilsby Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  75. 16:50Steven Stamkos hit Ethen Frank
  76. 17:01Giveaway by Reid Schaefer
  77. 17:03Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Steven Stamkos
  78. 17:16Giveaway by Steven Stamkos
  79. 17:17Ethen Frank Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  80. 17:24Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot Wide Left
  81. 18:08Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Reid Schaefer
  82. 18:10Puck in Netting
  83. 18:10Dylan Strome faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  84. 18:29Alex Ovechkin Slashing against Roman Josi
  85. 18:29Nic Dowd faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  86. 18:41Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  87. 18:57Takeaway by Martin Fehérváry
  88. 19:20High Stick
  89. 19:20Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Erik Haula
  90. 19:34Michael Bunting Wrist Shot Wide Left
  91. 19:57Matthew Wood Snap Shot Wide Left
  92. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  3. 0:13Takeaway by Nic Dowd
  4. 0:31High Stick
  5. 0:31Dylan Strome faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  6. 0:35Michael McCarron hit Rasmus Sandin
  7. 1:12Cole Smith Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Roman Josi (15), Reid Schaefer (2)
  8. 1:12Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  9. 1:17Off-side
  10. 1:17Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  11. 1:32Matt Roy hit Tyson Jost
  12. 1:40Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Nick Blankenburg
  13. 1:52Hendrix Lapierre Holding against Tyson Jost
  14. 1:52Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  15. 2:18Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  16. 2:24Nic Dowd Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  17. 2:31Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot Wide Left
  18. 2:44John Carlson Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  19. 2:44Timeout - Home
  20. 2:44Nic Dowd faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  21. 3:07Roman Josi Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  22. 3:11Giveaway by Matt Roy
  23. 3:13Luke Evangelista Deflected Wide Left
  24. 3:17Ryan O'Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Left
  25. 3:26Puck in Benches
  26. 3:26Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  27. 3:29Roman Josi Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Steven Stamkos (11), Ryan O'Reilly (25)
  28. 3:29Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  29. 4:05Luke Evangelista Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  30. 4:07Goalie Stopped
  31. 4:07Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  32. 4:44Michael Bunting Wrist Shot Wide Left
  33. 5:22Declan Chisholm hit Reid Schaefer
  34. 5:28Michael McCarron Wrist Shot Wide Right
  35. 5:51Ryan Leonard hit Adam Wilsby
  36. 6:46Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  37. 6:56Matthew Wood Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  38. 7:29Brady Skjei hit Brett Leason
  39. 7:55Matt Roy Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  40. 7:56Ethen Frank shot blocked by Adam Wilsby
  41. 7:57Ethen Frank Wrist Shot Wide Left
  42. 8:01Anthony Beauvillier Wrap-around saved by Justus Annunen
  43. 8:18Adam Wilsby Tripping against Ethen Frank
  44. 8:18TV Timeout
  45. 8:18Dylan Strome faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  46. 8:35Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  47. 8:39Cole Smith hit Alex Ovechkin
  48. 9:03Ethen Frank Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (20), Dylan Strome (24)
  49. 9:03Connor McMichael faceoff won against Erik Haula
  50. 9:17Giveaway by Martin Fehérváry
  51. 9:33Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Wide Left
  52. 9:37Giveaway by Erik Haula
  53. 9:38Matt Roy shot blocked by Adam Wilsby
  54. 10:06Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  55. 10:08Goalie Stopped
  56. 10:08Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  57. 10:32Nick Perbix Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  58. 10:34Goalie Stopped
  59. 10:34Nic Dowd faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  60. 10:43Nic Dowd hit Nicolas Hague
  61. 11:15Hand Pass
  62. 11:15Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  63. 12:23Michael McCarron Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  64. 12:24Goalie Stopped
  65. 12:24Michael McCarron faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  66. 12:31Ethen Frank Wrist Shot Wide Left
  67. 12:40Reid Schaefer hit Rasmus Sandin
  68. 12:45Puck in Crowd
  69. 12:45Dylan Strome faceoff won against Erik Haula
  70. 12:48John Carlson Slap Shot Wide Left
  71. 13:05Steven Stamkos Wrist Shot Wide Left
  72. 13:08Goalie Stopped
  73. 13:08Nic Dowd faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  74. 13:18Brett Leason hit Nicolas Hague
  75. 13:22Icing
  76. 13:22Connor McMichael faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  77. 13:58Martin Fehervary hit Luke Evangelista
  78. 14:11Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Matt Roy
  79. 14:17Nic Dowd hit Luke Evangelista
  80. 14:35Giveaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  81. 14:57Icing
  82. 14:57Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  83. 15:59Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  84. 16:07Martin Fehérváry Slap Shot Wide Right
  85. 16:15Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  86. 16:28Matt Roy Backhand Wide Left
  87. 16:41On-Ice Official
  88. 16:41Nic Dowd faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  89. 16:46Cole Smith hit Rasmus Sandin
  90. 17:03Rasmus Sandin hit Michael McCarron
  91. 17:15Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  92. 17:36Steven Stamkos Wrist Shot Wide Right
  93. 18:19John Carlson Slap Shot Wide Left
  94. 18:32Off-side
  95. 18:32Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  96. 18:41Ethen Frank hit Steven Stamkos
  97. 19:00Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  98. 19:06Takeaway by Dylan Strome
  99. 19:23John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  100. 19:24Ethen Frank Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  101. 19:31Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  102. 19:32Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  103. 19:33Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Justus Annunen
  104. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  105. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 5:56WSH 1, NSH 0Alex Ovechkin Goal (20) Slap Shot, assists: John Carlson (26), Ryan Leonard (19)
  2. 13:15WSH 1, NSH 1Steven Stamkos Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Filip Forsberg (16), Roman Josi (14)

3rd

  1. 1:12WSH 1, NSH 2Cole Smith Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Roman Josi (15), Reid Schaefer (2)
  2. 3:29WSH 1, NSH 3Roman Josi Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Steven Stamkos (11), Ryan O'Reilly (25)
  3. 9:03WSH 2, NSH 3Ethen Frank Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (20), Dylan Strome (24)

Game leaders

CapitalsWashington

PredatorsNashville

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Ovechkin LW110010219:260.02001110232013:056:210:00
Ethen Frank C100010018:060.0600002021814:543:100:02
Aliaksei Protas C00-1000220:260.03002100231618:410:001:45
Anthony Beauvillier LW00-1010219:2366.7412011027913:552:512:37
Brandon Duhaime RW00000025:460.01000100944:060:001:40
Brett Leason RW00002009:300.000000101409:300:000:00
Connor McMichael C000011018:3858.3357201030613:111:224:05
Dylan Strome C01-1000021:5358.817100011211016:514:590:03
Hendrix Lapierre C00001025:2350.00220100705:230:000:00
Justin Sourdif RW00001006:170.01100000893:332:440:00
Nic Dowd C000041018:1650.0199100126212:230:015:52
Ryan Leonard RW010030017:180.0100201020913:263:520:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Declan Chisholm D000021011:1100000110.014010:410:000:30
John Carlson D010001226:4340011210.024917:574:354:11
Martin Fehervary D00-1010022:2000010110.024316:340:005:46
Matt Roy D00-1020022:3120010200.022119:120:043:15
Rasmus Sandin D000011017:2020020200.020215:061:460:28
Trevor van Riemsdyk D000000011:3510000200.01518:580:002:37
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Charlie Lindgren G21318.85758:0900144000

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