nhl Game Recap
Nashville Predators vs Washington Capitals Recap - Capitals Win 5-3
The Predators came up short Wednesday against the Capitals, falling 5-3.
Washington was favored by -154 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Washington got goals from Nic Dowd, Carl Hagelin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson, and Lars Eller in the victory. Eller opened the scoring at 3:15 of the first period.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 17 of 20 Nashville shots in the victory.
Nashville got goals from Yakov Trenin, Filip Forsberg, and Luke Kunin in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Juuse Saros stopped 32 of 36 shots for the Predators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Washington went 0-for-6, while the Predators were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Nashville lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 37-20.
Washington heads into a battle against the Red Wings. Nashville, meanwhile, will have their next action against Columbus.