Nashville Predators 2 , Minnesota Wild 4
Shots: 35 - 29
PP: 0 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:61/64=95 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:72/85=84 %, Challenges:30/36=81 %
Attendance: 13765 of 17113 (Sommet Center)
Ticket income: 635943 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:37 0-1
Ville Nieminen [3] (Nick Tarnasky, Brent Burns)
16:08 1-1
Vernon Fiddler [11] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Dan Hamhuis)
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25:05 1-2
Vaclav Varada [10] (Marc-André Bergeron, Martin Skoula)
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40:27 2-2
David Legwand [23] (Shea Weber, Martin Erat)
42:01 2-3
Bryan Berard [2] (Antti Laaksonen, Éric Bélanger)
52:08 2-4
Éric Bélanger [20] (Bryan Berard, Kim Johnsson)
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Penalty summary:
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12:06
Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
19:47
Owen Nolan (2 min for cross-checking)
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22:07
Greg de Vries (2 min for tripping)
29:21
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for holding the stick)
35:09
Éric Bélanger (2 min for hooking)
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54:58
Owen Nolan (2 min for roughing)
57:53
David Legwand (2 min for elbowing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 13.50 4
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 7
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Radek Bonk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.10 4
C David Legwand 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 21.20 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 21.50 7
L Matt Ellison 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Vernon Fiddler 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 7
L Martin Erat 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 6
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 6
D Greg Zanon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.40 5
D Shea Weber 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 25.50 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 27.20 7
D Ville Koistinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 10.20 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 -1 16.50 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Nieminen 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 7
R Owen Nolan 0 0 4 1 1 0 6 1 9.00 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.20 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 -1 19.30 7
C Nick Tarnasky 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
C Serge Aubin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 16.40 9
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 21.10 8
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
L Vaclav Varada 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 16.50 8
L Antti Laaksonen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.10 8
L Nils Ekman 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
D Bryan Berard 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 16.30 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 29.20 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 16.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 1 5 1 4 0 -1 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 33 0 0 60.00 10
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niklas Backstrom
2nd star: Éric Bélanger
3rd star: Bryan Berard
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Steve Sullivan had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brent Burns notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Vaclav Varada scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Antti Laaksonen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Bryan Berard notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Vaclav Varada finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Bryan Berard finally ended his 43 game goal drought.
-Bryan Berard finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 22) , Houston Aeros 1( 15)
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1-0 MIL Teemu Laakso (Blake Geoffrion, Rich Peverly)
2-0 MIL Rich Peverly (Jerred Smithson)
3-0 MIL Blake Geoffrion (Cody Franson)
3-1 HOU Roman Voloshenko (Benoit Pouliot)
Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - Nolan Schaefer