Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 7:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at home.

Final score, Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2013-2014 record
Nashville Predators	1	38-32-12
at Washington Capitals	4	38-30-14

Goals by period

Goals by period, Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Nashville Predators	0	0	1	1
Washington Capitals	1	3	0	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Nashville Predators	13	8	13	34
Washington Capitals	11	11	8	30

Three stars

E. Fehr, Washington Capitals (2 goals)
M. Grabovski, Washington Capitals (3 assists)
M. Neuvirth, Washington Capitals (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:37	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr (2)	Mikhail Grabovski (3)	Even strength	NSH 0, WSH 1
2nd	04:58	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom (2)	Marcus Johansson (3), Alex Ovechkin (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, WSH 2
2nd	06:01	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr (3)	Dane Byers (1), Mikhail Grabovski (4)	Even strength	NSH 0, WSH 3
2nd	19:18	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (2)	Mikhail Grabovski (5), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Power play	NSH 0, WSH 4
3rd	19:46	Nashville Predators	Gabriel Bourque (3)	Victor Bartley (1), Craig Smith (2)	Power play	NSH 1, WSH 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals
Stat	Nashville Predators	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	34	30
Power play	1 of 3	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	27	23
Hits	31	28
Blocked shots	14	14
Giveaways	5	6
Takeaways	2	2
Faceoffs won	30/59 (50.8%)	29/59 (49.2%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 M. Fisher	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	25%	17:52
Number 13 N. Spaling	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	1	0	46.7%	17:20
Number 15 C. Smith	C	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	50%	14:58
Number 16 R. Clune	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	0		10:48
Number 21 S. Moser	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		15:29
Number 24 E. Nystrom	L	0	0	0	-1	7	4	4	0	0		14:43
Number 26 M. Hendricks	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	1	0	27.3%	15:19
Number 27 P. Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0		08:46
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	0	92.9%	14:31
Number 33 C. Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	60%	14:36
Number 41 T. Beck	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0		14:50
Number 57 G. Bourque	L	1	0	1	-2	0	1	1	1	1		13:23
Number 3 S. Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	0		24:14
Number 4 R. Ellis	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		15:44
Number 8 K. Klein	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2	0		22:00
Number 42 M. Ekholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0		19:36
Number 47 J. Piskula	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0		15:26
Number 64 V. Bartley	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	4	0		22:08

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Hutton	30	26	4	.867	60:00	Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	7	0	0	1		19:50
Number 10 M. Erat	R	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	36.4%	15:50
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	2	0	2	+2	0	2	0	0	0	66.7%	14:06
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	4	1	0	50%	19:25
Number 20 T. Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	57.1%	17:24
Number 24 A. Volpatti	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0		11:17
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100%	13:57
Number 46 M. Latta	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	40%	11:18
Number 50 D. Byers	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0	0		12:35
Number 83 J. Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	20%	11:23
Number 84 M. Grabovski	C	0	3	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	100%	15:10
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0	50%	16:55
Number 4 J. Erskine	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1	0		17:48
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:04
Number 38 J. Hillen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	1	0		19:33
Number 52 M. Green	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		22:51
Number 61 S. Oleksy	D	0	0	0	+2	5	1	3	5	0		18:15
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1	0		17:56

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Neuvirth	34	33	1	.971	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:25	Nashville Predators	Rich Clune	Fighting (major)	5
1st	00:25	Washington Capitals	Michael Latta	Fighting (major)	5
1st	06:12	Nashville Predators	Kevin Klein	Holding	2
1st	07:16	Nashville Predators	Paul Gaustad	Hooking	2
1st	13:16	Washington Capitals	Mike Green	Boarding	2
2nd	06:34	Washington Capitals	Jay Beagle	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	06:34	Nashville Predators	Eric Nystrom	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	06:34	Washington Capitals	Jay Beagle	Roughing	2
2nd	06:34	Nashville Predators	Eric Nystrom	Roughing	2
2nd	07:45	Washington Capitals	Martin Erat	Interference	2
2nd	09:12	Nashville Predators	Victor Bartley	Holding	2
2nd	12:39	Nashville Predators	Mike Fisher	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	12:39	Washington Capitals	Steve Oleksy	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	19:01	Nashville Predators	Joe Piskula	Hooking	2
2nd	19:41	Nashville Predators	Craig Smith	Hooking	2
3rd	18:23	Washington Capitals	Martin Erat	Interference	2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach: Barry Trotz
Washington Capitals head coach: Adam Oates
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Matt MacPherson
Nashville Predators scratches: Matt Cullen, David Legwand, Sergei Soin, Anton Lavrentiev, Konstantin Glazachev, Shea Weber, Grigory Shafigulin, Rustam Sidikov, Bryan Rodney, Scott Ford, Denis Kulyash, Pekka Rinne, Kevin Henderson, Viktor Stalberg, Theo Ruth, Allen York, Scott Darling, Roman Josi, Mathieu Tousignant, Mark Van Guilder, Paul Crowder, Zach Budish, Charles-Olivier Roussel, Nick Oliver, Scott Valentine, Mike Liambas, Taylor Aronson, Austin Watson, Patrick Cehlin, Anthony Bitetto, Joonas Rask, Josh Shalla, Chase Balisy, Garrett Noonan, Magnus Hellberg, Miikka Salomaki, Barry Almeida, Joonas Jarvinen, Pontus Aberg, Filip Forsberg, Brendan Leipsic, Jimmy Vesey, Colton Sissons, Mikko Vainonen, Zach Stepan, Max Gortz, Simon Fernholm, Felix Girard, Cody Reichard, Tommy Veilleux, Wade Murphy, Janne Juvonen, Saku Maenalanen, Teemu Kivihalme, Emil Pettersson, Juuse Saros, Jonathan-Ismael Diaby, Sebastian Geoffrion
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Joel Ward, Jeff Taffe, Ivan Nepriayev, Brooks Laich, Brandon Segal, Patrick Wellar, Igor Ignatushkin, Tyson Strachan, Jamie Johnson, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Ryan Stoa, Matt Watkins, Peter LeBlanc, Mathieu Perreault, Joel Rechlicz, Derek Whitmore, David Leggio, Nicolas Deschamps, Tomas Kundratek, Braden Holtby, Taylor Stefishen, Zachary Harnden, Justin Larson, David Kolomatis, Dmitry Orlov, Patrick Wey, Garrett Mitchell, Brett Flemming, Julien Brouillette, Casey Wellman, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stanislav Galiev, Caleb Herbert, Riley Gill, Blake Gal, Brandon Anderson, Chay Genoway, Garrett Haar, Patrick Koudys, Travis Boyd, Michal Cajkovski, T.J. Syner, Cameron Schilling, Tom Wilson, Chandler Stephenson, Connor Carrick, Austin Wuthrich, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Jaynen Rissling, Stephane Legault, Nate Schmidt, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Blake Heinrich, Andre Burakovsky, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Louis-Philip Guindon, Boston Leier, Robert Linsmayer, Matt Petgrave, Domenic Monardo, Taylor Foster, Chance Braid, Nathan Walker

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