Nashville Predators (22-19-7 51pts) v. Washington Capitals (34-11-5 73pts)
Game Recap:
Playing at home for the first time since the All Star Break, the Washington Capitals would play host to the Nashville Predators and see Alex Ovechkin pay special tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant who passed away this past weekend.
In the first period the Capitals would get the first powerplay opportunity, but the Predators would kill off the penalty without allowing the Capitals to get many solid chances. However, the Capitals would strike first with Richard Panik’s sixth of the season to take the 1-0 lead, but 47 seconds later Jarred Tinordi would fire a bullet past Braden Holtby to tie the game at one for his first goal of the season. Then the Capitals would find themselves in the penalty box with a Dmitry Orlov holding call, and the PRedators would seize the opportunity on their first powerplay of the game as Mikael Granlund would net his tenth of the season to give Nashville the 2-1 lead, and then would be followed by Rocco Grimaldi’s ninth of the season to grow their lead to two. However, the Capitals would strike as Juuse Saros would mishandle the puck behind the net to Alex Ovechkin as he would knock the puck into the empty net to pass Steve Yzerman on the all time goals list and bring the Capitals back within one.
In the second period the Capitals would generate a couple more powerplay opportunities, and also cause the Predators fits in their own zone. First we would see Nick Bonino accidently shoot the puck from behind the net and off of Saros’ skate and into the net to tie the game at three for the Capitals, which would be credited to Panik for his second of the game. Then on their second powerplay of the period Tom Wilson would knock in the rebound to regain the lead for the Capitals and take the 4-3 lead into the second intermission.
Then in the third period the Predators would rally as Ryan Johansen would intercept a Braden Holtby outlet pass to kick start the powerplay rush, and then beat Holtby short side to tie the game at four. Then Yannick Weber would blast one past a screened Braden Holtby to take the lead and secure the 5-4 victory over the Capitals.
Lineups:
Nashville Predators:
Calle Jarnkrok — Ryan Johansen — Austin Watson
Filip Forsberg — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Rocco Grimaldi — Nick Bonino — Viktor Arvidsson
Colin Blackwell — Kyle Turris — Craig Smith
Roman Josi — Yannick Weber
Mattias Ekholm — Dante Fabbro
Dan Hamhuis — Jarred Tinordi
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Yakov Trenin, Matt Irwin
Injured: Ryan Ellis (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body)
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller – Richard Panik
Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Jonas Siegenthaler — Radko Gudas
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Travis Boyd
Injured: None
First Period:
NAS Penalty – 6:41 – Jarred Tinordi 2 minutes for High Sticking
WAS Goal – 9:28 – Richard Panik (6) from Carl Hagelin (10)
NAS Goal – 10:15 – Jarred Tinordi (1) from Filip Forsberg (18)
WAS Penalty – 11:02 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Holding
NAS PPG – 12:52 – Mikael Granlund (10) from Filip Forsberg (19) and Kyle Turris (14)
NAS Goal – 16:02 – Rocco Grimaldi (9) from Roman Josi (35)
WAS Goal – 16:26 – Alex Ovechkin (35) from unassisted
NAS Penalty – 17:35 – Kyle Turris 2 minutes for Hooking
End of 1st
Second Period:
NAS Penalty – 2:19 – Matt Duchene 2 minutes for Hooking
WAS Goal – 6:01 – Richard Panik (7) from unassisted
NAS Penalty – 9:16 – Mattias Ekholm 2 minutes for High Sticking
WAS PPG – 11:06 – Tom Wilson (16) from Lars Eller (18) and Alex Ovechkin (17)
WAS Penalty – 15:37 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 2nd
Third Period:
WAS Penalty – :35 – Richard Panik 2 minutes for Slashing
NAS Penalty – :35 – Ryan Johansen 2 minutes for Roughing
NAS Penalty – 1:57 – Viktor Arvidsson 2 minutes for High Sticking
NAS SHG – 3:00 – Ryan Johansen (11) from unassisted
WAS Penalty – 11:15 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Slashing
NAS Goal – 15:23 – Yannick Weber (1) from Dan Hamhuis (6) and Ryan Johansen (18)
WAS Penalty – 16:03 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Hooking
End of 3rd
Next Up:
Washington (34-12-5 73pts) @ Ottawa (18-23-9 45pts)
Nashville (23-19-7 53pts) @ New Jersey (18-24-7 43pts)
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