The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Nashville Predators, 4 to 3, on April 5, 2018.

Final

Predators

52-18-11

4

Capitals

48-26-7

3

Team

NSH

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NSH

WSH

Craig Smith (PP) assisted by P.K. Subban and Ryan Johansen

2nd period

NSH

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov

Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie

Craig Smith (EV) assisted by Kyle Turris and Roman Josi

3rd period

NSH

WSH

Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) unassisted

Roman Josi (PP) assisted by Ryan Ellis and Kyle Turris

Ryan Johansen (EV) assisted by Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Ellis

Predators

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Predators

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Juuse Saros (W) J. Saros	1	0	0	32	29	.906	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Viktor Arvidsson V. Arvidsson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	15:43
Nick Bonino N. Bonino	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	12	41.7	0	0	0	0	17:23
Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	4	19:33
Ryan Ellis R. Ellis	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	0	25:25
Alexei Emelin A. Emelin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	0	13:47
Kevin Fiala K. Fiala	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	13:02
Mike Fisher M. Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	6	12	50.0	4	1	3	0	12:11
Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	17:01
Ryan Hartman R. Hartman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	1	15:57
Matt Irwin M. Irwin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	9:53
Ryan Johansen R. Johansen	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	1	2	50.0	13	18	72.2	0	2	1	0	16:47
Roman Josi R. Josi	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		5	4	0	1	25:18
Miikka Salomaki M. Salomaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	1	1	11:39
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	8	50.0	3	1	0	0	16:02
Craig Smith C. Smith	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	2	0	1	0	13:54
P.K. Subban	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	24:12
Kyle Turris K. Turris	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0	7	13	53.8	0	0	0	0	13:46
Austin Watson A. Watson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	1	0	1	13:24

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Philipp Grubauer (L) P. Grubauer	0	1	0	29	25	.862	4	4.16	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0		8	18	44.4	0	0	0	0	21:37
Travis Boyd T. Boyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	57.1	0	0	0	0	9:28
Andre Burakovsky A. Burakovsky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	2	0	2	12:54
John Carlson J. Carlson	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	8	0.0	0	0		0	2	2	0	26:45
Alex Chiasson A. Chiasson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	4:10
Brett Connolly B. Connolly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	1	0	0	1	13:29
Christian Djoos C. Djoos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	11:51
Lars Eller L. Eller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	7	14	50.0	2	0	0	2	17:32
Michal Kempny M. Kempny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		3	4	0	0	18:48
Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	2	1	3	-1	0	1	1	4	50.0	4	14	28.6	1	0	1	1	20:16
Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		3	0	1	2	21:05
Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	2	0	21:09
Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	2	2	0	13:08
T.J. Oshie	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0		4	5	80.0	2	4	2	1	22:49
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	0	1	3	21:54
Devante Smith-Pelly D. Smith-Pelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	3	2	0	0	16:46
Chandler Stephenson C. Stephenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	33.3	0	1	0	0	9:58
Tom Wilson T. Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		5	0	1	2	16:15