Nashville Predators take measure of Washington Capitals

That brings us to the end of a first period — Washington Capitals 2, Nashville Predators 1. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 12-11, while Washington Capitals still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Auston Matthews opened the scoring for Washington Capitals at 0:38, Tomas Hertl extended the lead for Washington Capitals at 2:34, and Stefan Noesen cut the deficit for Nashville Predators at 18:53.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 0-for-1.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Washington Capitals 0, Nashville Predators 1. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 16-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ryan Greene tied it for Nashville Predators at 16:05.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 0-for-1.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Washington Capitals 0, Nashville Predators 2. Washington Capitals edged the shot clock 9-7, while Nashville Predators still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jonathan Marchessault put Nashville Predators in front at 4:30, then Spencer Stastney extended the lead for Nashville Predators on the power play at 15:25.

Joey Daccord was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 0-for-1 while Nashville Predators went 1-for-1.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.