Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators Match Player Stats On Oct 10, 2019

Nick Bonino and Mattias Ekholm scored 28 seconds apart late in the game as the Nashville Predators posted four third-period goals to rally for a wild 6-5 victory over the visiting Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

After T.J. Oshie gave Washington a 5-4 lead on a laser past Pekka Rinne (21 saves) with 9:51 left in regulation, Nashville answered like it did all night. Bonino tied it at 14:52 into the third and Ekholm sent the home crowd into a frenzy with his blast from the point that found the net with 4:40 left in the third period.

With Nashville down 4-2, Ryan Johansen (two goals) poked the puck underneath Braden Holtby (32 saves) on the power play to get his team within one at 5:03 into the third. The Predators tied it a little over a minute later when Matt Duchene delivered at 6:13 with his first goal.

Oshie answered, but Washington could not hold on while losing for the first time in regulation over five games this season. Alex Ovechkin scored two power-play goals for the Capitals, who are 0-1-2 while giving up third-period leads in each of the last three games.

The Capitals struck first, taking advantage of a Nashville turnover with 10:43 left in the first period as Lars Eller drove the puck into what was essentially an empty net. However, the hosts answered a little over one minute later when Filip Forsberg scored his fourth goal in as many games.

Washington regained the lead 4:46 into the second through Ovechkin. After the Capitals failed to score on 15 of their first 17 power play chances, Ovechkin one-timed a blast past Rinne. The Predators again answered to make it 2-2 on a two-on-one as Johansen stayed with a pass from Viktor Arvidsson and pushed the puck past Holtby at 7:37 into the second.

The Capitals got the lead back when Tom Wilson scored off their own two-on-one, this time while short-handed, with 7:32 left in the second. Ovechkin made it 4-2 with a second one-timer on the power play with 2:24 left in the period.

--Field Level Media