Cole Hutson had his first two-goal game in the NHL for the Capitals (8-4-0), who won 5-2 against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. Aliaksei Protas and Jack St. Ivany each had two assists, and Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves.
Filip Forsberg scored two goals, Roman Josi had three assists, and Saros made 25 saves for the Predators (4-4-5), who are 1-2-2 in their past five games.
“I thought it was a good performance tonight. We just didn’t get anything out of it,” Predators coach Andrew Brunette said. “There were little lulls where we made some mistakes and let in some goals a little bit uncharacteristically, and we just couldn’t grab that extra goal later.”
Forsberg put the Predators ahead 1-0 during a 5-on-3 power play at 12:48 of the first period. He one-timed Josi’s cross-ice feed from the left face-off dot, scoring on the man-advantage for the third consecutive game.
Hutson tied it 1-1 at 16:13, pinpointing a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle to beat Saros on the near side.
“I took a look up and saw a little space, so kind of just a hope play,” Hutson said. “I’m lucky it went in.”