Nashville Predators @ Washington Capitals

19-11-1, 10-6-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Predators NSH	0	3	0	3
Capitals WSH	3	0	2	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

19-6-7, 10-3-4 Home

Kuznetsov scores late goal, Capitals beat Predators 5-3

— Evgeny Kuznetsov scored a late short-handed goal in his return from an 18-day absence to put the Washington Capitals ahead for good in a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night.

Dec 29, 2021, 11:08 pm - AP

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Predators	0	3	0	3
	Capitals	3	0	2	5

1st Period		WSH
3:15	Lars Eller (6) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (26), John Carlson (21)	1
13:11	John Carlson (7) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (11), Nicklas Backstrom (2)	2
18:52	Nic Dowd (4) Assists: Michal Kempny (1), Carl Hagelin (5)	3

2nd Period		NSH	WSH
1:23	Yakov Trenin (6) Assists: Dante Fabbro (7), Tanner Jeannot (10)	1	3
7:03	Luke Kunin (5) Assists: Ben Harpur (1), Eeli Tolvanen (7)	2	3
7:38	Filip Forsberg (14) Assists: Mikael Granlund (23), Dante Fabbro (8)	3	3

3rd Period			NSH	WSH
14:24		Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) (Shorthanded) Assists: John Carlson (22), T.J. Oshie (8)	3	4
18:57		Carl Hagelin (2) (Empty Net) Assists: John Carlson (23), Dmitry Orlov (12)	3	5

PREDATORS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Predators
3
Capitals
5

Game 1

12/29

Capitals
4
Predators
1

Game 2

2/15

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Nashville Predators @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Evgeny KuznetsovC - WSH

John CarlsonD - WSH

Yakov TreninC - NSH

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Kuznetsov scores late goal, Capitals beat Predators 5-3

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WSH leads 1-0

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