Game

Capitals at Predators

Predators 3, Capitals 2 · first star Roman Josi (1 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 2 at Nashville Predators 3

Capitals WSH

2 FINAL 3

Predators NSH

Sunday, January 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville · TV SNE (JIP) · SN360

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	1	0	1	2	32
Predators	1	0	2	3	21

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 32, NSH 21.

WSH in red NSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 32 shots on goal (2 goals, 18 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Predators 21 shots on goal (3 goals, 16 missed, 5 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	11	1	16	8	1	15
2nd	9	0	21	6	0	13
3rd	12	1	25	7	2	14
Total	32	2	62	21	3	42

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	22	0	15	1
Power play	6	2	6	2
Short-handed	4	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 59.6% of the shot attempts, and 62.5% of the 72 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Predators and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	48.4	42.3
2nd	38.2	44.4
3rd	35.9	41.2
Game	40.4	42.5

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

05:56 Alex Ovechkin (20) PP John Carlson (26), Ryan Leonard (19) · slap 1–0
13:15 Steven Stamkos (19) PP Filip Forsberg (16), Roman Josi (14) · slap 1–1

3rd period

01:12 Cole Smith (5) Roman Josi (15), Reid Schaefer (2) · wrist 1–2
03:29 Roman Josi (6) PP Steven Stamkos (11), Ryan O'Reilly (25) · slap 1–3
09:03 Ethen Frank (8) PP Alex Ovechkin (20), Dylan Strome (24) · wrist 2–3

Three stars

Roman Josi NSH · D #59 · 1 G, 2 A
Steven Stamkos NSH · C #91 · 1 G, 1 A
Cole Smith NSH · R #36 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	05:15	NSH	Roman Josi	holding	2	Aliaksei Protas
1st	05:31	NSH	Michael McCarron	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	13:03	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	holding	2	Fedor Svechkov
1st	15:09	NSH	Erik Haula	tripping	2	Ryan Leonard
1st	16:29	WSH	Anthony Beauvillier	interference	2	Fedor Svechkov
2nd	00:56	NSH	Nick Perbix	hooking	2	John Carlson
2nd	05:51	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	tripping	2	Brady Skjei
2nd	18:29	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	slashing	2	Roman Josi
3rd	01:52	WSH	Hendrix Lapierre	holding	2	Tyson Jost
3rd	02:44	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	08:18	NSH	Adam Wilsby	tripping	2	Ethen Frank

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	19:26
Ethen Frank #53	R	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	18:06
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	58.8	21:53
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	17:18
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	0.0	26:43
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	05:23
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	06:17
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	50.0	18:16
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	0.0	20:26
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	05:46
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	58.3	18:38
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	66.7	19:23
Brett Leason #20	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:30
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	11:11
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	22:20
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	22:31
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	17:20
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:35

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	L	21	18	3	.857	14/15	4/6	58:09

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Roman Josi #59	D	1	2	3	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	21:53
Steven Stamkos #91	C	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	0	25.0	19:52
Cole Smith #36	R	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	0.0	16:16
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	21:15
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:16
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	11:17
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	57.1	08:57
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	40.0	15:57
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	08:42
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	30.8	17:45
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	14:40
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	15:49
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	11:21
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0.0	16:20
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	22:45
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	17:43
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	15:38
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	18:08

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	W	32	30	2	.938	22/22	4/6	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.