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Nashville Ices Washington 3-2 - Recap

Nashville needed a shootout to earn a 3-2 victory over Washington on Saturday in NHL action at Capital One Arena.

Nashville was favored by -114 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Nashville got goals from Roman Josi, and Luke Evangelista in the victory. Evangelista opened the scoring at 2:44 of the first period.

Yaroslav Askarov stopped 26 of 28 Washington shots in the victory.

Washington got goals from Alex Ovechkin, and Beck Malenstyn in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Washington got a 33-stop effort from Hunter Shepard in the loss.

Nashville scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Washington went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Nashville outshot Washington 35-28 in the game.

Nashville heads into a battle against the Blackhawks. Washington, meanwhile, will have their next action against Pittsburgh.