Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals 5-4

National Hockey League

FINAL Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Nashville Predators 5

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Washington Capitals 4

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NSH	3	0	2	5
WSH	2	2	0	4

Capital One Arena · 18,573 att.

Match Report

Predators make up for mistakes, come back to beat Caps 5-4

The Nashville Predators showed some promise amid a disappointing season by beating the Washington Capitals 5-4 Wednesday night in a weird game that featured a bad goaltender turnover and a worse own-goal.

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Last five matches

Date	Opp	Result	Competition
10/31/26	vs Tampa Bay Lightning	W 5-4	NHL
10/29/26	vs Washington Capitals	L 3-4	NHL
10/27/26	vs New York Islanders	L 3-4	NHL
10/25/26	vs Colorado Avalanche	W 6-2	NHL
10/24/26	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	L 2-3	NHL
Full Schedule

Date	Opp	Result	Competition
11/1/26	vs Minnesota Wild	L 1-5	NHL
10/29/26	@ Nashville Predators	W 4-3	NHL
10/28/26	vs Philadelphia Flyers	W 5-2	NHL
10/24/26	vs Buffalo Sabres	W 4-3	NHL
10/20/26	vs Los Angeles Kings	L 2-5	NHL
Full Schedule

Play by Play

Key Events44 All Plays40

Missed 16:14 5-4

Nic Dowd 3rd
Penalty 16:03

Lars Eller 3rd
Goal 15:23 5-4

Yannick Weber 3rd
Missed 13:44 4-4

Jakub Vrana 3rd
Missed 13:35 4-4

Austin Watson 3rd
Missed 11:27 4-4

Craig Smith 3rd
Penalty 11:15

Jakub Vrana 3rd
Missed 6:12 4-4

Matt Duchene 3rd
Missed 3:48 4-4

Alex Ovechkin 3rd
Goal 3:00 4-4

Ryan Johansen 3rd
Penalty 1:57 3-4

Viktor Arvidsson 3rd
Missed 1:19 3-4

Viktor Arvidsson 3rd
Penalty 0:35

Ryan Johansen 3rd
Penalty 0:35

Richard Panik 3rd
Missed 19:37 3-4

Tom Wilson 2nd
Missed 16:09 3-4

Mattias Ekholm 2nd
Penalty 15:37

Garnet Hathaway 2nd
Missed 13:47 3-4

Michal Kempny 2nd
Missed 11:34 3-4

Radko Gudas 2nd
Goal 11:06 3-4

Tom Wilson 2nd
Penalty 9:16 3-3

Mattias Ekholm 2nd
Missed 9:11 3-3

Evgeny Kuznetsov 2nd
Missed 7:33 3-3

Kyle Turris 2nd
Goal 6:01 3-3

Richard Panik 2nd
Missed 4:59 3-2

Nick Jensen 2nd
Penalty 2:19

Matt Duchene 2nd
Missed 1:47 3-2

Rocco Grimaldi 2nd
Missed 18:25 3-2

Lars Eller 1st
Missed 17:39 3-2

Alex Ovechkin 1st
Penalty 17:35

Kyle Turris 1st
Goal 16:26 3-2

Alex Ovechkin 1st
Goal 16:02 3-1

Rocco Grimaldi 1st
Missed 14:00 2-1

Jakub Vrana 1st
Goal 12:52 2-1

Mikael Granlund 1st
Penalty 11:02

Dmitry Orlov 1st
Goal 10:15 1-1

Jarred Tinordi 1st
Goal 9:28 0-1

Richard Panik 1st
Penalty 6:41 0-0

Jarred Tinordi 1st
Missed 5:33 0-0

T.J. Oshie 1st
Missed 4:50 0-0

Alex Ovechkin 1st
Missed 3:58 0-0

Mikael Granlund 1st
Missed 3:34 0-0

Jarred Tinordi 1st
Missed 1:26 0-0

Kyle Turris 1st
Missed 0:17 0-0

John Carlson 1st

End of Game 20:00 5-4

3rd
Period End 20:00 5-4

3rd
Hit 19:59 5-4

Tom Wilson 3rd
Blocked 19:16 5-4

Alex Ovechkin 3rd
Face Off 19:01 5-4

Ryan Johansen 3rd
Stoppage 19:01 5-4

3rd
Blocked 18:46 5-4

Mikael Granlund 3rd
Shot 18:21 5-4

Nick Bonino 3rd
Hit 16:50 5-4

Nick Jensen 3rd
Missed 16:14 5-4

Nic Dowd 3rd
Face Off 16:03 5-4

Mikael Granlund 3rd
Stoppage 16:03 5-4

3rd
Penalty 16:03

Lars Eller 3rd
Blocked 15:37 5-4

Richard Panik 3rd
Hit 15:32 5-4

Lars Eller 3rd
Face Off 15:23 5-4

Lars Eller 3rd
Goal 15:23 5-4

Yannick Weber 3rd
Hit 15:18 4-4

Michal Kempny 3rd
Hit 15:04 4-4

Radko Gudas 3rd
Shot 15:02 4-4

Mikael Granlund 3rd
Takeaway 15:01 4-4

Mikael Granlund 3rd
Blocked 14:46 4-4

Alex Ovechkin 3rd
Shot 14:35 4-4

Viktor Arvidsson 3rd
Takeaway 14:26 4-4

Filip Forsberg 3rd
Missed 13:44 4-4

Jakub Vrana 3rd
Hit 13:43 4-4

Austin Watson 3rd
Blocked 13:39 4-4

Rocco Grimaldi 3rd
Missed 13:35 4-4

Austin Watson 3rd
Shot 13:30 4-4

Mattias Ekholm 3rd
Blocked 13:25 4-4

Rocco Grimaldi 3rd
Takeaway 13:23 4-4

Nick Bonino 3rd
Blocked 13:07 4-4

Viktor Arvidsson 3rd
Face Off 12:37 4-4

Ryan Johansen 3rd
Stoppage 12:37 4-4

3rd
Shot 12:35 4-4

Nic Dowd 3rd
Hit 12:25 4-4

Tom Wilson 3rd
Blocked 11:57 4-4

Mikael Granlund 3rd
Blocked 11:55 4-4

Craig Smith 3rd
Missed 11:27 4-4

Craig Smith 3rd
Shot 11:26 4-4

Craig Smith 3rd

Showing the last 40 of 323 events.

Team Stats

NSH WSH

Blocked Shots

Hits

Takeaways

Shots

Power Play Goals

Power Play Opportunities

25.0

Power Play Percentage

20.0

Short Handed Goals

Shootout Goals

Faceoffs Won

47.6

Faceoff Win Percent

52.4

Giveaways

Total Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Head to Head

NSH wins series 2-0

NSH Last 5 matchups WSH

Injuries

Washington Capitals

Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve

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Capital One Arena Washington, DC

Venue: Capital One Arena
City: Washington, DC
Attendance: 18,573
Kick-off/Tip-off: 4:30 PM
Where to watch: NBCSN
Officials: Scott Driscoll, Ghislain Hebert, Dan O'Rourke, Mark Shewchyk

National Hockey League Table

#	Team	W	L	Pts
5	St. Louis	7	6	15
6	Nashville	5	4	15
7	Winnipeg	4	8	11

Full table

Top Performers

Juuse Saros G 4 GA 33 SA 0 SOS
Matt Duchene C 0 BS 0 HT 1 TK
Mikael Granlund C 0 BS 0 HT 1 TK
Ryan Johansen C 1 BS 0 HT 0 TK