Game Thread: Nashville Predators (19-16-1) at Washington Capitals (17-11-5) – 30 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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1. HockeyMod 11 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Connor McMichael|Tom Wilson|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|Ryan O’Reilly|Gustav Nyquist|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Aliaksei Protas|Dylan Strome|Anthony Mantha|[NSH](/r/predators)|Tommy Novak|Cody Glass|Luke Evangelista|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Hendrix Lapierre|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Matthew Phillips|[NSH](/r/predators)|Cole Smith|Colton Sissons|Yakov Trenin|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Beck Malenstyn|Nic Dowd|Nicolas Aube-Kubel|[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuso Parssinen|Michael McCarron|Philip Tomasino|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|John Carlson|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|Dante Fabbro|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Joel Edmundson|Ethan Bear|[NSH](/r/predators)|Jeremy Lauzon|Alexandre Carrier|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nick Jensen|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[NSH](/r/predators)|Ryan McDonagh|Luke Schenn|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[NSH](/r/predators)|Yaroslav Askarov|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/nashville-predators/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|29 Dec 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Fehervary (upper body) will not return to Friday’s contest against the New York Islanders.|unknown|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|29 Dec 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Per Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post, Lindgren will defend the visiting crease against the New York Islanders on Friday.|unknown|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|T.J. Oshie|17 Dec 2023|Lower Body|IR|Oshie (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, per Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network.|02 Jan 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|14 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Milano (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network reports.|02 Jan 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|01 Nov 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Cam Allen||Shoulder|OUT|Surgery|02 Jan 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Ethan Bear|26 Sep 2023|Shoulder|DTD|Surgery|unknown|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|09 Oct 2023|Achilles|IR-LT|Surgery|unknown|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Tyson Barrie|28 Dec 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Barrie (upper body) is not in Friday’s lineup against the Detroit Red Wings, per the NHL’s media site.|unknown|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|27 Dec 2023|Illness|OUT|Lankinen (illness) will not dress Friday against the Detroit Red Wings, per the NHL’s media site.|unknown|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Tanner Molendyk|23 Dec 2023|Wrist|OUT||06 Jan 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/washington-capitals/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/nashville-predators/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|33|17|11|5|39|0.591|2.30|2.82|11.83|82.69|28.06|30.76|47.19|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|36|19|16|1|39|0.542|3.11|3.17|20.31|76.27|30.17|30.61|48.90|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|13|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|18|
   |A|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|18|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|23|
   |P|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin|20|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|41|
   |+/-|[WSH](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|7|[NSH](/r/predators)|Ryan McDonagh, Spencer Stastney|6|
   |PIM|[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|65|[NSH](/r/predators)|Michael McCarron, Jeremy Lauzon|43|
   |TOI|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|25:41|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|24:30|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=18 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|18|17|8|8|2|0|3.16|0.892|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|15|14|7|3|3|2|2.27|0.928|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|29|29|15|13|1|1|3.02|0.901|
   |[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|10|7|4|3|0|0|3.16|0.900|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=18 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |16 Dec 2023|[WSH](/r/caps)|[NSH](/r/predators)|8:00PM EST|WSH (1) – (**3**) NSH|
   |30 Dec 2023|[NSH](/r/predators)|[WSH](/r/caps)|7:00PM EST|BSSO, MNMT|

   [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020562/landing)

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2. Mister_Dwill 11 months ago

   Kuemper has to play at another level tonight because dude has looked god awful. Sucks Charlie mustache is out for the foreseeable future.

3. K00ksRus 11 months ago

   I see we are wearing our bad luck alternate sweater

4. LetsGoCap 11 months ago

   When is bear and pacioretty getting into the lineup?